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01-06-2015 | Erratum
Erratum to: Histological Characterization of Human Breast Implant Capsules
Published in: Aesthetic Plastic Surgery | Issue 3/2015
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In Table 2, the “d” at the end of “Synovial metaplasiad” and the “e” at the end of “Loosely packed collagene” have been changed from regular text to superscript. The correct version of the table is reprinted below.
Table 2
Summary of uncontracted versus contracted analysis of capsules
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Capsule characteristic
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Uncontracted
|
Contracted
|
Uncontracted
|
Contracted
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p valuea
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Baker I
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Baker II
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Baker III
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Baker IV
|
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Thickness (µm), mean ± SD
|
91.5 ± 30.3
|
408.6 ± 28.9
|
393.4 ± 24.5
|
355.4 ± 17.9
|
285.3 ± 270.3
|
389.8 ± 169.4
|
0.0111
|
|
Collagen fiber alignment (angle SD), mean ± SD
|
30.3 ± 5.6
|
28.9 ± 9.5
|
24.5 ± 8.3
|
17.9 ± 3.1
|
29.4 ± 8.1
|
23.8 ± 8.2
|
0.0068
|
|
α-SMA, % of positive samples
|
17
|
9
|
39
|
33
|
12
|
39
|
0.049
|
|
Histopathology of capsule, % of samples
|
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Dense collagen
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Acellularb
|
43
|
55
|
75
|
67
|
50
|
81
|
0.001
|
|
Cellularc
|
14
|
18
|
14
|
33
|
17
|
10
|
NS
|
|
Synovial metaplasiad
|
29
|
9
|
7
|
0
|
17
|
6
|
NS
|
|
Loosely packed collagene
|
43
|
27
|
11
|
0
|
33
|
10
|
NS
|