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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Plast Surg 2016; 49(01): 119-121
DOI: 10.4103/0970-0358.182237
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Association of Plastic Surgeons of India

Reinforcement of peritoneal repair in donor site post-concurrent laparotomy and rectus abdominis myocutaneous flap breast reconstruction using autologous dermal graft repair from zone 4 of deep inferior epigastric perforator flap: A case series in Asian patients

Priya Tiwari
1   Division of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetics Surgery, National University Health System
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Bien Keem Tan
2   Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetics Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
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