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Interplast: five years of the Cochin project

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 Interplast is a humanitarian charitable organization which sends plastic surgery teams to developing countries or areas. Interplast-Germany has operated in Cochin, southwestern India on eight occasions since 1984. The activities and experiences of the last five visits are reported in an attempt to stimulate others to participate in such projects or undertake new projects on their own.

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  1. Department of Plastic Surgery, Rijnstate Hospital, P.O. Box 9555, NL-6800 TA Arnhem, The Netherlands Tel. +31-26-378-6162; Fax +31-26-378-6168, , , , , , NL

    J.-P. A. Nicolai

  2. Department of Plastic Surgery, Kreiskrankenhaus, Sulingerstrasse 22, D-27211 Bassum, Germany, , , , , , DE

    N. Grieb

  3. Dr. Koch-Klinik, Pfarrstrasse 19, D-34123 Kassel, Germany, , , , , , DE

    L. Gruhl

  4. Department of Anaesthesiology, Kreiskrankenhaus, Ratswall 21, D-06749 Bitterfeld, Germany, , , , , , DE

    K. Schwabe

  5. Department of Plastic Surgery, DG-Krankenhaus Hamburg, Bergedorfer Strasse 10, D-21033 Hamburg, Germany, , , , , , DE

    P. Preisser

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  1. J.-P. A. Nicolai
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Received: 2 June 1997 / Accepted: 7 July 1997

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Nicolai, JP., Grieb, N., Gruhl, L. et al. Interplast: five years of the Cochin project. E J Plastic Surg 21, 77–81 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002380050031

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