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MeSH Heading: Implant Capsular Contracture
Tree Number(s): C23.550.470.251.500; C23.550.767.865.500
Unique ID: D057910
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D057910
Scope Note: The shrinkage of the foreign body encapsulation scar tissue that forms around artificial implants imbedded in body tissues.
See Also: Contracture
Public MeSH Note: 2011
History Note: 2011
Date Established: 2011/01/01
Date of Entry: 2010/06/25
Revision Date: 1955/01/01

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Implant Capsular Contracture MeSH Descriptor Data 2024