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Update on the Split-Muscle Technique for Breast Augmentation: Prevention and Correction of Animation Distortion and Double-Bubble Deformity

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Baxter, R.A. Update on the Split-Muscle Technique for Breast Augmentation: Prevention and Correction of Animation Distortion and Double-Bubble Deformity. Aesth Plast Surg 35, 426–429 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00266-010-9599-2

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