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Selection of Breast Pocket Using the Pinch Test in Augmentation Mammoplasty: Can It Be Relied on in the Long Term?

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Khan, U.D. Selection of Breast Pocket Using the Pinch Test in Augmentation Mammoplasty: Can It Be Relied on in the Long Term?. Aesth Plast Surg 33, 780–781 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00266-009-9315-2

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