Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 63, Issue 6 , Pages 888-895 , June 2010

EURAPS at 20 years. A brief history of European Plastic Surgery from the Société Européenne de Chirurgie Structive to the European Association of Plastic Surgeons (EURAPS)

  • Riccardo F. Mazzola

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche Specialistiche. Università di Milano. Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Mangiagalli, Regina Elena, IRCCS, Milan, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Via Marchiondi 7, 20122 Milan, Italy. Tel.: +39.0258314333; fax: +39.0258314333.
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  • Moshe Kon

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery, University Medical Center, Utrecht, the Netherlands

Received 12 August 2009 ,Accepted 5 October 2009.

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☆ Presented at the 20th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Plastic Surgeons (EURAPS), Barcelona (Spain), 28–30 May 2009.

PII: S1748-6815(09)00730-X

doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2009.10.005

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 63, Issue 6 , Pages 888-895 , June 2010

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