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  • 1Gaurav Thakral, MD, is Research Staff, and Javier La Fontaine, DPM, MS, is Associate Professor; both at the Department of Plastic Surgery, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas. Paul Kim, DPM, is Associate Professor, Department of Plastic Surgery, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, District of Columbia. Bijan Najafi, PhD, is Associate Professor of Surgery and Engineering, Department of Surgery, University of Arizona School of Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona. Adam Nichols, DPM, is a Fellow, and Lawrence A. Lavery, DPM, MPH, is Professor, Department of Plastic Surgery, and is Codirector of Research and Medical Director of the Comprehensive Wound Care Center; The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.

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