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Nanotechnology in Cancer
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Nanotechnology in Cancer

by Anshu Mathur
October 2016
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
218 pages
7h 18m
English
Elsevier
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Chapter 4

Surgical implications of surface texturing in breast implants*

D. Srinivasa1, B. Blumenauer2 and M.W. Clemens2,    1University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States,    2The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States

Abstract

The advent of nanotechnology in material engineering for reconstructive surgery has bridged prosthesis construct with biologic consequence. With breast augmentation, the placement of a foreign prosthesis elicits a host tissue response that varies with each patient. This tissue response is inflammatory in nature, causing an influx of cytokines that affect the capsule developing around the implant. Depending on the nature of the capsule, circumferential contraction can result in ...

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Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9780323390811