Advantages of preoperative computed tomography in deep inferior epigastric artery perforator flap breast reconstruction

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¹ Jack Brockhoff Reconstructive Plastic Surgery Research Unit, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.

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Warren M Rozen et al. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2009 Oct.

. 2009 Oct;124(4):1367-1368.

doi: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181b4615e.

¹ Jack Brockhoff Reconstructive Plastic Surgery Research Unit, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.

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Advantages of preoperative computed tomography in deep inferior epigastric artery perforator flap breast reconstruction.
Casey WJ 3rd, Chew RT, Rebecca AM, Smith AA, Collins JM, Pockaj BA. Casey WJ 3rd, et al. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2009 Apr;123(4):1148-1155. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e31819e23e1. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2009. PMID: 19337083

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