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Synthetic Meshes in Breast Reconstruction

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Implant-based breast reconstruction accounts for more than 86% of breast reconstructions performed in the USA, with two-staged implant-based breast reconstruction and direct-to-implant breast reconstruction representing 86% and 14% of the total procedures, respectively.

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    Horacio F. Mayer, Ignacio T. Piedra Buena, Silvina A. Martino & Hugo D. Loustau

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Mayer, H.F., Piedra Buena, I.T., Martino, S.A., Loustau, H.D. (2020). Synthetic Meshes in Breast Reconstruction. In: Mayer, H. (eds) Breast Reconstruction. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34603-4_4

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