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  1. Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand

    Omid Ahmadi BSc, MBChB, PGDipSurgAnat, PhD

  2. Auckland Regional Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery Unit, Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand

    Jon A. Mathy MD, FACS FRACS

  3. Department of Surgery, University of Auckland School of Medicine, Auckland, New Zealand

    Jon A. Mathy MD, FACS FRACS

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Ahmadi, O., Mathy, J.A. Reply to “Base Transection with Shaves: An Avoidable Shortcoming”. Ann Surg Oncol 28 (Suppl 3), 823–824 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-021-10182-z

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