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. 2010 Aug;126(2):492-498.

doi: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181de232b.

The reconstructive matrix: a new paradigm in reconstructive plastic surgery

Paolo Erba¹, Rei Ogawa, Raj Vyas, Dennis P Orgill

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¹ Boston, Mass.; Basel and Lausanne, Switzerland; and Tokyo, Japan From the Division of Plastic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and the Departments of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery of Basel University Hospital, Lausanne University Hospital, and Nippon Medical School.

PMID: 20375761
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181de232b

Review

The reconstructive matrix: a new paradigm in reconstructive plastic surgery

Paolo Erba et al. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2010 Aug.

. 2010 Aug;126(2):492-498.

doi: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181de232b.

Authors

Paolo Erba¹, Rei Ogawa, Raj Vyas, Dennis P Orgill

Affiliation

¹ Boston, Mass.; Basel and Lausanne, Switzerland; and Tokyo, Japan From the Division of Plastic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and the Departments of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery of Basel University Hospital, Lausanne University Hospital, and Nippon Medical School.

PMID: 20375761
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181de232b

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The reconstructive ladder in light of evidence-based medicine.
Knobloch K, Vogt PM. Knobloch K, et al. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2011 Feb;127(2):1017-1018. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e318200ad2b. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2011. PMID: 21285843 No abstract available.

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