All manuscripts submitted to the Archives of Plastic Surgery are run through CrossCheck using the software powered by iThenticate to compare their similarity with previously published papers [1]. The editors use the results of this comparison for reference in manuscript screening. The results include the similarity index, which represents the overall similarity of a submitted manuscript to previously published papers.
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Jang Hyun Lee (2014) studied this question.