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. 2015 Apr 16;39(3):316–317. doi: 10.1007/s00266-015-0473-0

Erratum to: Histological Characterization of Human Breast Implant Capsules

Janine M Bui 1, TracyAnn Perry 1, Cindy D Ren 1, Barbara Nofrey 1, Steven Teitelbaum 2, Dennis E Van Epps 1,
PMCID: PMC4643597  PMID: 25877324

Erratum to: Aesth Plast Surg DOI 10.1007/s00266-014-0439-7

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. Springer regrets the error.

Table 2.

Summary of uncontracted versus contracted analysis of capsules

Capsule characteristic Uncontracted Contracted Uncontracted Contracted p valuea
Baker I Baker II Baker III Baker IV
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
Dense collagen
 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

NS not significant

a p value for comparison of uncontracted (Baker I and II) versus contracted (Baker III and IV)

bExample shown in Fig. 4a

cExample shown in Fig. 4b

dExample shown in Fig. 4c, d

eExample shown in Fig. 4e, f

Footnotes

The online version of the original article can be found under doi:10.1007/s00266-014-0439-7.


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