Reply: Breast Implant-Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma in Australia and New Zealand: High-Surface-Area Textured Implants Are Associated with Increased Risk

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¹ Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, The Surgical Infection Research Group, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Suite 33/20-24 Gibbs Street, Miranda, New South Wales 2228, Australia, anand.deva@mq.edu.au.

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Anand K Deva. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2018 Jan.

. 2018 Jan;141(1):177e-178e.

doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000003969.

¹ Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, The Surgical Infection Research Group, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Suite 33/20-24 Gibbs Street, Miranda, New South Wales 2228, Australia, anand.deva@mq.edu.au.

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Breast Implant-Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma in Australia and New Zealand: High-Surface-Area Textured Implants Are Associated with Increased Risk.
Loch-Wilkinson A, Beath KJ, Knight RJW, Wessels WLF, Magnusson M, Papadopoulos T, Connell T, Lofts J, Locke M, Hopper I, Cooter R, Vickery K, Joshi PA, Prince HM, Deva AK. Loch-Wilkinson A, et al. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2017 Oct;140(4):645-654. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000003654. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2017. PMID: 28481803
Breast Implant-Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma in Australia and New Zealand: High-Surface-Area Textured Implants Are Associated with Increased Risk.
Brown T. Brown T. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2018 Jan;141(1):176e-177e. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000003968. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2018. PMID: 28938346 No abstract available.

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