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. 2025 Mar 21;13(3):e6577.
doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000006577. eCollection 2025 Mar.

Wide Awake Breast Reduction

Meegan M Gruber  1 , Donald H Lalonde  2
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Wide Awake Breast Reduction

Meegan M Gruber et al. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. .
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

Dr. Lalonde receives royalties from Thieme book publishers and serves as a consultant for ASSI Corp. The other author has no financial interest to declare in relation to the content of this article.

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