The anatomy of the segmental latissimus dorsi flap for reconstruction of facial paralysis
β Scribed by L Zhao; H Miao; W Wang; D Zhang
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 687 KB
- Volume
- 16
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0930-1038
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