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Contralateral SIEV as a vein graft to augment venous drainage of DIEP flaps: a single-surgeon experience in 206 DIEP flaps

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  1. Shameem A. Haque and Shadi Ghali contributed equally in this paper.

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Haque, S.A., Ghali, S. Contralateral SIEV as a vein graft to augment venous drainage of DIEP flaps: a single-surgeon experience in 206 DIEP flaps. Eur J Plast Surg 43, 679–680 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00238-020-01629-9

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