Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 61, Issue 1 , Pages 84-87 , January 2008

Atypical arteriole anastomoses for fingertip replantations under digital block

  • Isao Koshima

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Received 9 July 2006 ,Accepted 28 November 2006.

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☆ This work was presented in part at the 47th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, in Tokyo, on 7 April 2004, and the 8th International Course on Perforator Flaps in Sao Paulo, on 6 September 2004.

PII: S1748-6815(06)00625-5

doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2006.11.023

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 61, Issue 1 , Pages 84-87 , January 2008

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