Surgery is a common and effective means of treating breast cancer, used in some 95 percent of early stage breast cancer cases and 70 percent of later stage cases. Surgical options contribute to the ...

A 75-year-old woman was seen for a sudden loss of vision 8 years after an uneventful cataract extraction. Her ophthalmic surgical history included phacoemulsification with implantation of foldable ...

Breast implants can become hardened and elevated or depressed, which is caused by a capsular contraction. Surgery may be needed to replace the implant. Maxppp TNS Q. I had breast implants ...

February 26, 2020 - For women receiving breast implants during reconstructive or cosmetic breast surgery, scarring around the implant - called capsular contracture - is a common, costly, and painful ...

Capsule contraction syndrome is an exaggerated fibrotic response reducing the size of the anterior capsule opening after continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis. The condition complicates uneventful ...

For women receiving breast implants during reconstructive or cosmetic breast surgery, scarring around the implant - called capsular contracture - is a common, costly, and painful complication. The ...

A 75-year-old woman was seen for a sudden loss of vision 8 years after an uneventful cataract extraction. Her ophthalmic surgical history included phacoemulsification with implantation of foldable ...

Question: My breast implants have become hard and painful and they don't look the same. What's going on? Answer: When breast implants are placed in the body scar tissue forms around the implants which ...