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Invited Response on: Letter to the Editor—Complications of Body Contouring Surgery in Postbariatric Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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Acknowledgement

We would like to again thank Dr. Yue and Dr. Ju for their interest in our article and their constructive comments. We will keep these comments in mind in our future work.

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  1. Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

    Azmi Marouf

  2. Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Hatan Mortada

  3. Department of Plastic Surgery & Burn Unit, King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Hatan Mortada

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Marouf, A., Mortada, H. Invited Response on: Letter to the Editor—Complications of Body Contouring Surgery in Postbariatric Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Aesth Plast Surg 46 (Suppl 1), 7–8 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00266-021-02654-0

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