## Abstract Complications and unsatisfactory results in the microsurgical reconstruction of lower extremities were reviewed in a chronological sequence. Perioperative complications were grouped into the following categories: improper patient or donor tissue selection, unsatisfactory choice of recip
Multiple spurting test in microsurgical reconstruction of the lower extremities
โ Scribed by Stefano Spanio di Spilimbergo; O. Koray Coskunfirat; Samir Mardini; Chung-Kan Tsao; Antonio Rampazzo; Hung-Chi Chen
- Book ID
- 107680564
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 60 KB
- Volume
- 8
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0972-8279
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