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The patient had subfascial, smooth saline implants in 2009. She developed hardening of the implants, grade 2, postoperatively. Three months post-surgery, she was started on Accolate. There was softening of the implants after 3 months, but they were still pretty firm. The Group discussed whether or not to operate and massage and the use of Accolate.
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Yoho, R., Mangubat, E.A., Higgs, M.J. (2016). Case 100: Early Capsular Contracture and Accolate. In: Higgs, M., Shiffman, M. (eds) Cosmetic Breast Cases. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27714-1_41
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