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Where can I get an alarplasty in the Fitchburg Massachusetts area? (photo)

I have look everywhere and the only doctors that are specialized in this procedure is very far away where else could I go no one seems to know what I'm talking about when I'm calling in my area dose this procedure go by other names or maybe I'm not pronouncing it correctly.

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Dr. Jeffrey H. Lee, MD
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