Anatomical basis of the anterolateral thigh flap (25.05.1990)
✍ Scribed by T Bégué; AC Masquelet; JY Nordin
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 655 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0930-1038
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