Techniques in Breast Reduction and Mastopexy
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Treatment of wounds following breast reduction and mastopexy with subsequent wound dehiscence with charged polystyrene microspheres.
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عنوان ژورنال: Seminars in Plastic Surgery
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1535-2188,1536-0067
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1549048