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Does Overfilling Smooth Inflatable Saline-Filled Breast Implants Decrease the Deflation Rate? Experience with 4761 Augmentation Mammaplasty Patients

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    Yue Liu, Xiaoyu Zhang & Jie Luan

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Liu, Y., Zhang, X. & Luan, J. Does Overfilling Smooth Inflatable Saline-Filled Breast Implants Decrease the Deflation Rate? Experience with 4761 Augmentation Mammaplasty Patients. Aesth Plast Surg 45, 3063–3064 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00266-021-02380-7

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