Free vascularized fibula transfer in the management of congenital pseudarthrosis of the tibia
β Scribed by Radovan Manoylovic; Joseph C. Cheng; David G. Levinsohn; Leonard Gordon
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 439 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0738-1085
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