After breast augmentation surgery, your immune system will respond to the foreign materials inserted into your chest. Your body builds a “capsule” around each breast implant. The capsule is made from ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The role of the capsule in arthroscopic hip surgery has recently received a great deal of attention. Capsulotomy ...

Irreparable rotator cuff tears can make conservative treatment options difficult or ineffective. A doctor may recommend superior capsular reconstruction surgery in cases of severe tears. The rotator ...

Staining the anterior capsule with indocyanine green enhanced visualization of the capsulorrhexis during pediatric cataract surgery in a study at the New Jersey Medical School. “ICG provides superior ...

Your body forms a protective capsule of thick scar tissue around any foreign object inside of it. When you get breast implants, this protective capsule helps keep them in place. For most people, the ...

Capsular contracture is a condition that occurs exclusively after breast implant placement. When a surgeon creates space for the implant, fibrous tissue naturally forms a capsule around it, often ...

Positive surgical margins following radical prostatectomy are an important predictor of biochemical, local and systemic progression, and remain a fairly frequent postoperative finding despite ...

1 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea 2 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada ...