Surgery is a common and effective means of treating breast cancer, used in some 95 percent of early stage breast cancer cases and 70 percent of later stage cases. Surgical options contribute to the ...

WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — Capsular rupture is a common complication that surgeons can prevent with knowledge of risk factors and early signs, a surgeon said here. "Capsular rupture is probably one of the ...

Your body forms a protective capsule of thick scar tissue around any foreign object inside of it. When you get breast implants, this protective capsule helps keep them in place. For most people, the ...

February 26, 2020 - For women receiving breast implants during reconstructive or cosmetic breast surgery, scarring around the implant - called capsular contracture - is a common, costly, and painful ...

Anterior capsular tear extension to the periphery occurs primarily while performing capsulorrhexis. However, it can occur during ophthalmic viscosurgical device injection, hydro procedure, ...

Capsular contracture is a condition that occurs exclusively after breast implant placement. When a surgeon creates space for the implant, fibrous tissue naturally forms a capsule around it, often ...