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Improving the Use of Surgical Gloves as an Implant Sizer During Breast Augmentation

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  1. School of Medicine, Morphofunctional Laboratory, University of Franca, Avenida Dr Armando Salles Oliveira, 201 – Parque Universitário, Franca, Sao Paulo, 14.404-600, Brasil

    Marcus Vinícius Jardini Barbosa

  2. Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

    Fabio Xerfan Nahas & Lydia Masako Ferreira

  3. Plastic Surgery Residency Program, Brazilian Institute of Plastic Surgery, São Paulo, Brazil

    José de Arimatéia Mendes

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Barbosa, M.V.J., Nahas, F.X., de Arimatéia Mendes, J. et al. Improving the Use of Surgical Gloves as an Implant Sizer During Breast Augmentation. Aesth Plast Surg 45, 1955–1956 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00266-021-02159-w

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