Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 61, Issue 1 , Pages 88-93 , January 2008

Distal phalanx replantation using the delayed venous method: A high success rate in 21 cases without specialised technique

Received 7 October 2006 ,Accepted 11 February 2007.

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☆ This research was presented at the 2006 Japanese Society of Plastic Surgery meeting Tokyo, Japan, 1 July 2006.

☆☆ The authors have no financial or other commercial interest in the work described in the manuscript.

PII: S1748-6815(07)00124-6

doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2007.02.004

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 61, Issue 1 , Pages 88-93 , January 2008

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