In mouse models, these strategies decreased scar tissue (collagen density) by up to 68%, while maintaining electrical performance, potentially improving long-term device function and biocompatibility.

Over time, scar tissue slows or stops implanted bioelectronics. But new interdisciplinary research could help pacemakers, sensors and other implantable devices keep people healthier for longer. In a ...

Subcision involves using a surgical probe or needle to separate skin and pimple scar tissue. This treatment causes your skin to raise. It flattens depressed (sunken) scars.‌ The results of this ...

Background During the last 2 decades, many studies on the treatment of mandibular condyle fracture have been published. The incidence of mandibular condyle fractures is variable, ranging from 17.5 ...

Your risk for incisional hernias increases if you: Are very overweight, as there’s greater pressure on the scar tissue Have other illnesses and wound healing problems Have a larger incision When ...

Limited research suggests that someone who has been diagnosed with a radial scar is up to 1.6 times more likely to get breast cancer in their lifetime than a person who has not had one. This type of ...

Hypertrophic scar treatments include silicone gel sheets, corticosteroid lotions or injections, cryotherapy, and laser therapy. However, these scars often go away on their own without interventions.

A longitudinal incision was made along the FHL tendon at the proximal first metatarsal, exposing and excising approximately 5 cm of the tendon sheath, with the excised tissue preserved ... for ...