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Comment
. 2011 Feb;127(2):1007-1008.
doi: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e318200ad18.

Study suggests trend toward greater donor-site morbidity in TRAM flap patients

Constance M Chen  1 , James Craigie, Heather Erhard, David Greenspun, Kamran Khoobehi, Richard Kline, Joshua Levine, Maria LoTempio, Ali Sadeghi, Aldona Spiegel, Alan Stolier, Robert J Allen
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Study suggests trend toward greater donor-site morbidity in TRAM flap patients

Constance M Chen et al. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2011 Feb.
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