Reconstruction of sternal defects with pectoralis major muscle flap
✍ Scribed by Turgut Ortak; Muhammed Uraloğlu; Ahmet Çağrı Uysal; Hakan Orbay; Fatih Tekin; Ömer Şensöz; Gönül Uraloğlu
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 391 KB
- Volume
- 30
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1435-0130
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