Reconstruction in the head and neck regions with free radial forearm flaps and split-rib bone grafts
✍ Scribed by Magnus G. Lind; Claes Arnander; Leif Gylbert; Per Hedén; Göran Jurell
- Book ID
- 115694852
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 498 KB
- Volume
- 154
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0002-9610
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