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Modified Punch Technique for Incomplete Earlobe Cleft Repair

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  1. Department of Plastic Surgery, University La Sapienza of Rome, Viale del Policlinico, 155, 00161, Rome, Italy

    Luca A. Dessy M.D., Ernesto M. Buccheri M.D. & Tommaso Anniboletti M.D.

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Dessy, L.A., Buccheri, E.M. & Anniboletti, T. Modified Punch Technique for Incomplete Earlobe Cleft Repair. Aesth Plast Surg 30, 731–732 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00266-006-0047-2

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