TGF-β1 and CD68 immunoexpression in capsules formed by textured implants with and without mesh coverage: a study on female rats.
Ralf BergerJurandir Marcondes Ribas-FilhoMarcelo Augusto de SouzaPedro Henrique de PaulaJoão Gabriel Cavazzani DoubekRafael de Castro E Souza PiresPaulo Afonso Nunes NassifEduardo Nascimento SilvaPublished in: Acta cirurgica brasileira (2022)
In the meshed group, fibrosis formation was higher at 90 days and the mesh-covered implants produced capsules similar to microtextured ones when analyzing macrophages. Due to these characteristics, mesh coating did not seem to significantly affect the local fibrosis formation.