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Online Patient Resources for Breast Reconstruction

Christina R. Vargas, Pieter G. L. Koolen, Danielle J. Chuang, Oren Ganor, Bernard T. Lee

Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery · 2014 · 62 citations · 21 references

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Abstract

Online patient resources for breast reconstruction exceed recommended reading levels and are too difficult to be understood by a large portion of the population. Significant variability between sites provides an opportunity to direct patients to appropriate websites for their level of health literacy.

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