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Comment
. 2020 Jul;73(7):1357-1404.
doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2020.05.033. Epub 2020 May 22.

Breast reconstruction and the COVID-19 pandemic: A viewpoint

Bruno Di Pace  1 , John R Benson  2 , Charles M Malata  3
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Breast reconstruction and the COVID-19 pandemic: A viewpoint

Bruno Di Pace et al. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2020 Jul.
No abstract available

Keywords: "babysitter" tissue expander/implant; Breast cancer; COVID-19; Plastic surgery; breast cancer management; breast reconstruction; epipectoral breast reconstruction; therapeutic mammaplasty.

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