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Silicone breast implant modification review: overcoming capsular contracture
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- Issue Date
- 2018-12-20
- Publisher
- BioMed Central
- Citation
- Biomaterials Research, 22(1):37
- Keywords
- Fibrosis ; Inflammation ; Silicone implant ; Foreign body reaction ; Capsular contracture ; Modification
- Abstract
- Background
Silicone implants are biomaterials that are frequently used in the medical industry due to their physiological inertness and low toxicity. However, capsular contracture remains a concern in long-term transplantation. To date, several studies have been conducted to overcome this problem. This review summarizes and explores these trends.
Main body
First, we examined the overall foreign body response from initial inflammation to fibrosis capsule formation in detail and introduced various studies to overcome capsular contracture. Secondly, we introduced that the main research approaches are to inhibit fibrosis with anti-inflammatory drugs or antibiotics, to control the topography of the surface of silicone implants, and to administer plasma treatment. Each study examined aspects of the various mechanisms by which capsular contracture could occur, and addressed the effects of inhibiting fibrosis.
Conclusion
This review introduces various silicone surface modification methods to date and examines their limitations. This review will help identify new directions in inhibiting the fibrosis of silicone implants.
- ISSN
- 2055-7124
- Language
- English
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