Maintenance of certification in plastic surgery: is there anything in it for me?

Plast Reconstr Surg

Cleveland, Ohio; St. Louis, Mo.; and Philadelphia, Pa. From the Department of Plastic Surgery, Case Western Reserve University; the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Washington University; and the American Board of Plastic Surgery, Inc.

Published: October 2011

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