The versatility of the SIEA flap: a clinical assessment of the vascular territory of the superficial epigastric inferior artery
✍ Scribed by Charlotte Holm; Martina Mayr; Eugen Höfter; Milomir Ninkovic
- Book ID
- 119200768
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 521 KB
- Volume
- 60
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1878-0539
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