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Letter-to-the-editor: Abdominoplasty without Drains or Progressive Tension Suturing

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  1. Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon

    Bishara S. Atiyeh

  2. Trad Hospital Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon

    Fadl Chahine

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Atiyeh, B.S., Chahine, F. Letter-to-the-editor: Abdominoplasty without Drains or Progressive Tension Suturing. Aesth Plast Surg 46, 2064–2066 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00266-021-02592-x

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