The effects of steroid instillations and hematomas on the pseudosheaths around miniature breast implants in rats.
In a controlled study in rats, neither the instillation of steroids nor the presence of hematoma alone had a significant effect on pseudosheath thickness or on the intra-prosthetic pressure of mammary implants. The presence of hematoma plus steroid instillation did, however, cause an increased intra-prosthetic pressure, but these did not cause a change in the thickness of the pseudosheath.
D000818:Animals; D001940:Breast / Q000187:drug effects / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006406:Hematoma / Q000503:physiopathology*; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D051381:Rats; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000009:adverse effects; D014221:Triamcinolone / Q000494:pharmacology*
D014221:Triamcinolone