Shear-Wave Elastography as an Objective Diagnostic Tool for Capsular Contracture After Breast Implant Surgery: A Comparative Study.

Mihai Iliescu-Glaja, Fabiana Simion, Dana Stoian, Daciana Grujic, Cristi Tarta, Zorin Crainiceanu, Andrei Motoc

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Mihai Iliescu-GlajaDoctoral School, "Victor Babes" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, E. Murgu Square, No. 2, 300041 Timisoara, Romania.

Fabiana SimionPius Brinzeu Clinical County Emergency Hospital Timisoara, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Department, Casa Austria, Liviu Rebreanu Blvd 156, 300723 Timisoara, Romania.

Dana StoianDepartment of Internal Medicine II, Discipline of Endocrinology, "Victor Babes" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 300041 Timisoara, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-0926-9511

Daciana GrujicPius Brinzeu Clinical County Emergency Hospital Timisoara, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Department, Casa Austria, Liviu Rebreanu Blvd 156, 300723 Timisoara, Romania.

Cristi TartaResearching Future Surgery II Research Center, Department X, Discipline of General Surgery II, Faculty of Medicine, "Victor Babes" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, E. Murgu Square, No. 2, 300041 Timisoara, Romania.ORCID 0000-0003-1772-3910

Zorin CrainiceanuPius Brinzeu Clinical County Emergency Hospital Timisoara, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Department, Casa Austria, Liviu Rebreanu Blvd 156, 300723 Timisoara, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-2880-7485

Andrei MotocDepartment of Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, "Victor Babes" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, E. Murgu Square, No. 2, 300041 Timisoara, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-7090-7677

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Baker classificationbreast cancerbreast implantsbreast reconstruction versus augmentationbreast surgerycapsular contracture imagingdiagnostic and prognosis markersperiprosthetic capsuleshear-wave elastographytissue stiffness

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PMID42279468

DOI10.3390/diagnostics16111601

PMCPMC13257030

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