Microsurgical reconstruction with fibula free flap
✍ Scribed by Sáez Barba, M.; Pamias Romero, J.; de Pablo García-Cuenca, A.; Bescós Atín, C.
- Book ID
- 122144969
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 49 KB
- Volume
- 42
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0901-5027
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