This remarkable procedure allows us to detect and treat areas of “scar tissue” or adhesions in muscles, tendons and ligaments that can reduce our range of motion and cause pain. In the healing process ...

Infections, surgery, injuries, or inflammation of the tissue can cause a scar to develop at any location in the body. 1 In severe cases, hypertrophic scarring and keloids can occur after an injury ...

To repair the injury, the body replaces the damaged ... to see details of the scarring inside the hearts of zebrafish and mouse models of cardiac injury. Scar tissue is comprised of collagen ...

This scar tissue, called fibrotic encapsulation, is the body's attempt to protect itself from foreign objects, but it often leads to implant failure by blocking the device's function. By studying ...