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Reply to the letter to the editor concerning: ‘Fat-plug myringoplasty of ear lobule vs abdominal donor sites’

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  1. ENT Department, Yunus Emre State Hospital, Eskisehir, Turkey

    Mustafa Acar

  2. ENT Department, Tarsus State Hospital, Tarsus, Mersin, Turkey

    Demet Yazıcı

  3. ENT Department, Göztepe Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Turhan San

  4. ENT Department, Faculty of Medicine, Kırıkkale University, Kırıkkale, Turkey

    Nuray Bayar Muluk

  5. ENT Department, Faculty of Medicine, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Eskisehir, Turkey

    Cemal Cingi

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Acar, M., Yazıcı, D., San, T. et al. Reply to the letter to the editor concerning: ‘Fat-plug myringoplasty of ear lobule vs abdominal donor sites’. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 274, 2665–2667 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-017-4460-8

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