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. 2008 Mar;121(3):1062.
doi: 10.1097/01.prs.0000299637.31731.e1.

Breast implants and surgical drainage

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Breast implants and surgical drainage

Giulio Gherardini. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2008 Mar.
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