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. 2021 Jul;74(7):1633-1701.
doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2021.01.010. Epub 2021 Feb 10.

Plastic surgery in the time of Coronavirus in Italy. Maybe we should say: "Thanks Darwin we are Plastic Surgeons!"

Marco Marcasciano  1 , Juste Kaciulyte  2 , Francesco L R Mori  2 , Federico Lo Torto  2 , Diego Ribuffo  2 , Donato Casella  3
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Plastic surgery in the time of Coronavirus in Italy. Maybe we should say: "Thanks Darwin we are Plastic Surgeons!"

Marco Marcasciano et al. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2021 Jul.
No abstract available

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Declaration of Competing Interest The authors have nothing to disclose.

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Data analysis from the newborn multidisciplinary Oncologic and Reconstructive Breast Surgery Departments (August 1°, 2019). The graphic shows the numeric trend of breast surgeries seven months before, during the two months of lockdown and six months after. The grey line shows the total numbers of surgeries performed, the blue one shows only urgent procedures, and the orange one shows not urgent procedures.
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