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Psychological strategies to optimise patient experience of plastic surgery: lessons from a Nobel prize winner

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  1. School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK

    Chandan Singh Sekhon

  2. Department of Plastic Surgery, East & North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, Lister Hospital, Coreys Mill Lane, Stevenage, SG1 4AB, UK

    Roshan Vijayan

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Sekhon, C.S., Vijayan, R. Psychological strategies to optimise patient experience of plastic surgery: lessons from a Nobel prize winner. Updates Surg (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13304-024-01872-w

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