A Novel Method for Intraoperative Breast Implant Pocket Assessment: Air Augmentation

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Duscher, Dominik (Section of Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery, Kepler University Hospital Linz) ;
Wenny, Raphael (Section of Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery, Kepler University Hospital Linz) ;
Somma, Francesco (Private Practice) ;
Huemer, Georg M. (Section of Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery, Kepler University Hospital Linz)

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