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The authors present a new approach to handling the problem of extrusion of mammary implants. The prothesis is removed and reintroduced in the same operation. Five cases are discussed.
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Jaime Planas is Director and Arturo Carbonell and Jordi Planas are Assistant Surgeons at Clinica Planas.
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Planas, J., Carbonell, A. & Planas, J. Salvaging the exposed mammary prosthesis. Aesth. Plast. Surg. 19, 535–540 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00454318
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00454318