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  1. Plastic Surgery Department, Gent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium

    Moustapha Hamdi MD, FCCP (Associate Professor)

  2. Department of Plastic Surgery, Wilhelminenspital, Vienna, Austria

    Elisabeth Würinger MD (Consultant Plastic Surgeon), Ingrid Schlenz MD (Consultant Plastic Surgeon) & Rafic Kuzbari MD (Attendant Consultant in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery)

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  1. Department of Plastic Surgery, University Hospital of Gent, De Pintelaan 185, 9000, Gent, Belgium

    Moustapha Hamdi MD, FCCP

  2. Center for Breast and Body Contouring, 4070 Lake Drive, Grand Rapids, MI, 49546, USA

    Dennis C. Hammond MD

  3. Paces Plastic Surgery & Recovery Center, 3200 Downwood Circle, Atlanta, GA, 30327, USA

    Foad Nahai MD

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Hamdi, M., Würinger, E., Schlenz, I., Kuzbari, R. (2005). Anatomy of the Breast: A Clinical Application. In: Hamdi, M., Hammond, D.C., Nahai, F. (eds) Vertical Scar Mammaplasty. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-27218-6_1

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