The role of the vacuum-assisted closure therapy in the salvage of venous congestion of the free flap: case report
✍ Scribed by Fatih Uygur; Haluk Duman; Ersin Ülkür; Bahattin Çeiköz
- Book ID
- 111314494
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 317 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1742-4801
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