Letter-to-the-Editor: Two-Stage Expander-Based (EB) or Single-Stage Direct-to-Implant (DTI) Breast Reconstruction-An Ongoing Debate

Overview

Journal Aesthetic Plast Surg

Specialty General Surgery

Date 2022 Sep 28

PMID 36171405

Authors

Bishara Atiyeh

Saif Emsieh

Affiliations

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