Abdominal wall reconstruction for extensive necrosis following abdominoplasty in a patient with subcostal scars – case report

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René M. Palacios Huatuco, MD
Plastic Surgery Department
Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires
4190 Peron St., 1^st floor (C1991ABB)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
e-mail:  manuel.palacios@hospitalitaliano.org.ar

Submitted: 2. 1. 2024
Accepted: 7. 2. 2024