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Infected Medpor implant in the trauma setting

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  1. Department of Plastic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Clinical Care Center, 6701 Fannin, CC.610.00, Houston, TX, USA

    Colton H. McNichols

  2. Department of Plastic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA

    Steven L. Gordon, Jamal M. Bullocks & Larry H. Hollier Jr.

  3. Harris County Hospital District, Houston, TX, USA

    Forrest S. Roth

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McNichols, C.H., Gordon, S.L., Roth, F.S. et al. Infected Medpor implant in the trauma setting. Eur J Plast Surg 35, 829–831 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00238-011-0680-0

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