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BellaGel breast implant: 4-year results of a prospective cohort study

Jihyeon HanDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea; View further author information
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Jae Hoon JeongDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea; View further author information
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Sa Ik BangDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of KoreaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Chan-Yeong HeoDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea; Correspondence[email protected]
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Pages 232-239 | Received 28 May 2018, Accepted 05 Feb 2019, Published online: 19 Mar 2019

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