Survival of a free musculocutaneous flap after early loss of arterial blood supply
โ Scribed by Thomas Rath; Hildegunde Piza; Alexander Opitz
- Book ID
- 113130478
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1986
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 283 KB
- Volume
- 39
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1226
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