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The place of local/regional perforator flaps in complex traumas of the forearm

Alexandru V Georgescu1, I Capota, I Matei

  • 1Recovery Clinic Hospital Clinic of Plastic Surgery and Reconstructive Microsurgery, University of Medicine 'Iuliu Hatieganu', Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

Journal of Hand and Microsurgery
|November 7, 2012
PubMed
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Keywords:
Complex forearm traumasEmergency all-in-one reconstructionFree flapsLocal/Regional perforator flaps

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