Research Article
Human-Mimic Submuscular and Premuscular Irradiated Rat Model: Histologic Characteristics of the Capsule Tissue in Contact with the Breast Implant
Table 1
Comparison of the capsule characteristics between the submuscular and premuscular groups.
| | Submuscular | Premuscular | value |
| Capsule in ADM | | | | Capsule thickness (μm) | 143.8 ± 61.5 | 62.0 ± 50.5 | 0.026 | Inflammatory cell count | 70.1 ± 60.6 | 62.8 ± 29.8 | 0.937 | α-SMA (%) | 10.0 ± 5.4 | 29.5 ± 9.3 | 0.004 | CD31 vessels | 1.17 ± 0.9 | 5.0 ± 2.7 | 0.004 | Capsule in the chest wall | | | | Capsule thickness (μm) | 328.3 ± 177.6 | 300.17 ± 226.8 | 0.485 | Inflammatory cell count | 113.1 ± 50.6 | 228.8 ± 109.2 | 0.041 | α-SMA (%) | 32.9 ± 13.6 | 46.6 ± 14.4 | 0.132 | CD31 vessels | 20.8 ± 14.9 | 32.5 ± 9.5 | 0.065 |
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