Silicone Implants with Smooth Surfaces Induce Thinner but Denser Fibrotic Capsules Compared to Those with Textured Surfaces in a Rodent Model

• Sebastian Fischer ,

  * E-mail: sfischer@hotmail.de

  Affiliations Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Hand-, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, BG Clinic Ludwigshafen, University of Heidelberg, Ludwigshafen, Germany

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• Christoph Hirche,

  Affiliation Department of Hand-, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, BG Clinic Ludwigshafen, University of Heidelberg, Ludwigshafen, Germany

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• Matthias A. Reichenberger,

  Affiliation Ethianum, Clinic for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Aesthetic and Preventive Medicine at Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany

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• Jurij Kiefer,

  Affiliation Department of Hand-, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, BG Clinic Ludwigshafen, University of Heidelberg, Ludwigshafen, Germany

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• Yannick Diehm,

  Affiliation Department of Hand-, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, BG Clinic Ludwigshafen, University of Heidelberg, Ludwigshafen, Germany

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• Srinivasan Mukundan Jr.,

  Affiliation Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Muayyad Alhefzi,

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Ericka M. Bueno,

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Ulrich Kneser,

  Affiliation Department of Hand-, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, BG Clinic Ludwigshafen, University of Heidelberg, Ludwigshafen, Germany

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• Bohdan Pomahac

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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