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Heather Rosen1, Mark Brzezienski1, Kent Kihyet Higdon1
1Department of Plastic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn.
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Global Open
|October 8, 2014
Summary:
The authors present a case in which a patient sustained 2 shotgun wounds at close range, resulting in a ruptured silicone breast implant and no other injuries.

