Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 63, Issue 12 , Pages e837-e839 , December 2010

Analgesia requirements in patients undergoing DIEP flap breast reconstructions: Rib preservation versus rib sacrifice

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☆ Presented at:The 44th Congress of the European Society for Surgical Research (ESSR), Nîmes, France.May 23–26, 2009.Canadian Society of Plastic Surgeons 63rd Annual Meeting, Kelowna, BC, Canada. June 16–20, 2009.Society of Academic and Research Surgery Annual Meeting, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK. January 6-7, 2010.British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons SummerScientific Meeting, Sheffield, UK, June 30–July 2, 2010

PII: S1748-6815(10)00474-2

doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2010.08.002

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 63, Issue 12 , Pages e837-e839 , December 2010

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