Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 205, Issue 3 , Pages 463-467 , September 2007

Incidence of Complications in Outpatient Mastectomy with Immediate Reconstruction

Received 27 January 2007 ,Revised 14 March 2007 ,Accepted 27 March 2007.

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 Competing Interests Declared: None.

PII: S1072-7515(07)00589-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2007.03.030

Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 205, Issue 3 , Pages 463-467 , September 2007

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