Reconstruction of soft-tissue defects of the head and neck: radial forearm flap or anterolateral thigh flap?
β Scribed by Wei-Wei Liu; Hao Li; Zhu-Ming Guo; Quan Zhang; An-Kui Yang; Xue-Kui Liu; Ming Song
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 167 KB
- Volume
- 268
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0302-9530
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