Implant Capsular Contracture
"Implant Capsular Contracture" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The shrinkage of the foreign body encapsulation scar tissue that forms around artificial implants imbedded in body tissues.
| Descriptor ID |
D057910
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C23.550.470.251.500 C23.550.767.865.500
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