Non-linear optical microscopy and histological analysis of collagen, elastin and lysyl oxidase expression in breast capsular contracture

• Main Authors: Poh, Patrina S. P., Schmauss, Verena, McGovern, Jacqui A., Schmauss, Daniel, Chhaya, Mohit P., Foehr, Peter, Seeger, Markus, Ntziachristos, Vasilis, Hutmacher, Dietmar W., van Griensven, Martijn, Schantz, Jan-Thorsten, Balmayor, Elizabeth R.
• 其他作者: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• 格式: Article
• 語言: English
• 出版: 2018
• 主題: Silicone Breast Implant; Collagen
• 在線閱讀: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/87762; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/45522
• 機構: Nanyang Technological University

Background: Capsular contracture is one of the most common complications in surgical interventions for aesthetic breast augmentation or post-mastectomy breast reconstruction involving the use of silicone prostheses. Although the precise cause of capsular contracture is yet unknown, the leading hypot...