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Inguinal Fold as a Closed-Suction Drain Exit Site in Abdominoplasty

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  1. General and Plastic Surgery Department, Santa Casa da Misericórdia Hospital of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Eduardo Sucupira & Patrícia Zuker

  2. Plastic Surgery Department, São Lucas Hospital of PUC-RS, Porto Alegre, Brazil

    Renato Matta & Carlos O. Uebel

  3. Plastic Surgery Resident, Materno Infantil Perinatal Institute, Recife, Brazil

    Jorge Matta

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Sucupira, E., Matta, R., Zuker, P. et al. Inguinal Fold as a Closed-Suction Drain Exit Site in Abdominoplasty. Aesth Plast Surg 39, 1022–1024 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00266-015-0572-y

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