title: Textured silicone and capsule contracture.
abstract: An experiment was performed in rabbits to test the effect of a textured surface of a silicone implant on the incidence and severity of capsule contracture. Contrary to the hypothesis of this experiment, texturing of the implant surface resulted in an increase in the contracture problem rather than a reduction.
authors.affiliation: Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville 32610.
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Caffee
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001940:Breast / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D011817:Rabbits; D012828:Silicones
chemical_list: D012828:Silicones