Abstract
Polydimethylsiloxane (silicone) implants were subcutaneously placed in the back of diabetic and normal rats. After three months the rats were killed and the fibrous capsule around the implants was histologically and biochemically examined. A significant quantitative difference (p < 0.001) was found in the thickness of the capsules, which were two to three times thicker in the diabetic animals. The biochemistry showed an increase of neutral salt-soluble collagen in the diabetic group; electrophoresis revealed only type I collagen in the diabetic and type I and III in the normal rats. From this experimental trial it seems that diabetes mellitus is another factor in formation of a thick capsule around silicone implants.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 288-291 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Annals of Plastic Surgery |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1986 |
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