Use of Tongs as Occlusion Plane Guide for Midface Distractor Placement

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Plast Surg 2019; 52(03): 362-363
DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-3401524

Letter to the Editor

Association of Plastic Surgeons of India

Madhubari Vathulya

¹Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India

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