## Abstract ## Background. Jehovah's Witnesses' religious convictions disallow blood transfusion. Major surgery in these patients is therefore problematic. The objective of this study is to describe our experience with microvascular reconstruction of complex head and neck defects in Jehovah's Witn
Prediction of outcomes in 150 patients having microvascular free tissue transfers to the head and neck
โ Scribed by K.H. Simpson; P.G. Murphy; P.M. Hopkins; A.G. Batchelor
- Book ID
- 114007438
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 793 KB
- Volume
- 49
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1226
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