Case report: An extended latissimus dorsi “non-free” flap
✍ Scribed by Geoffrey G. Hallock
- Book ID
- 114007305
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 262 KB
- Volume
- 40
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1226
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