LETTER TO THE EDITOR A New Application to Free-Nipple-Graft Reduction Mammaplasty for Breast and Nipple Projection
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Gamze Bektas, MD, Anı Cinpolat, MD, Polat Bicici, MD, Kerim Unal, MD, and O. Koray Coskunfirat, MD aDepartment of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Tatvan State Hospital, Bitlis, Turkey; bDepartment of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Adana Numune Training and Research Hospital, Adana, Turkey; and cDepartment of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Akdeniz University School of Medicine, Antalya, Turkey.
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