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“Hook Shape” Nipple Sparing Mastectomy and Prepectoral Implant Reconstruction: Technique, Results and Outcomes from a Preliminary Case Series

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Southwick, G.J., Fried, F.W. “Hook Shape” Nipple Sparing Mastectomy and Prepectoral Implant Reconstruction: Technique, Results and Outcomes from a Preliminary Case Series. Aesth Plast Surg 47, 557–558 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00266-022-03196-9

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