Travelling abroad for aesthetic surgery: Informing healthcare practitioners and providers while improving patient safety

R. Jeevan1, J. Birch2, A.P. Armstrong3
1The Royal College of Surgeons of England, 35-43 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PE, UK
2Department of Plastic Surgery, Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust, Headley Way, Headington, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 9DU, UK
3Department of Plastic Surgery, Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Wexham Park Hospital, Wexham, Slough, Berkshire, SL2 4HL, UK

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