Deep Inferior Epigastric Artery (DIEP) anomaly in autologous breast reconstruction
Michael Y. Cheung BPharm, MD, MS
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
Contribution: Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorMichael P. Chae MBBS, PhD
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
Contribution: Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorHenry M. Shepherd BMed, MD, MS
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
Contribution: Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorFrank Hsieh MA (Cantab), MBBChir, FRACS (Plast)
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
Contribution: Supervision, Writing - review & editing
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Bishoy A. B. Soliman BCom, MBBS (Hons1), MS, FRACS (Plast)
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
Department of Burns, Reconstructive and Plastic Surgery, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia
Contribution: Supervision, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorMichael Y. Cheung BPharm, MD, MS
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
Contribution: Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorMichael P. Chae MBBS, PhD
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
Contribution: Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorHenry M. Shepherd BMed, MD, MS
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
Contribution: Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorFrank Hsieh MA (Cantab), MBBChir, FRACS (Plast)
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
Contribution: Supervision, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Bishoy A. B. Soliman BCom, MBBS (Hons1), MS, FRACS (Plast)
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
Department of Burns, Reconstructive and Plastic Surgery, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia
Contribution: Supervision, Writing - review & editing
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