W-plasty design of a bipedicled flap in lower extremity reconstruction
✍ Scribed by Tekin, Fatih; Taner, Ömer Faruk; Ceran, Candemir; Civelek, Birol
- Book ID
- 113024246
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 205 KB
- Volume
- 35
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1435-0130
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