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Use of Tissue Plasminogen Activator to Salvage a Precious Free Tissue Transfer
Gopal Malhotra1, Rahul Patil1, Venkata Nageswar Reddy Komma1
1Department of Hand and Micro-vascular Surgery, Khoula Hospital, Muscat, Oman.
Journal of Hand and Microsurgery
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