Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 61, Issue 1 , Pages 55-60 , January 2008

The ad hoc perforator flap for contracture release

  • S.W. Waterston

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, Scotland, AB25 2ZN, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • O. Quaba

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, Scotland, AB25 2ZN, UK
    • ,
  • A.A. Quaba

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic Surgery, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh and St Johns Hospital, Livingston, Scotland, UK

Received 23 August 2006 ,Accepted 28 June 2007.

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☆ Part of this work was presented at the British Association of Plastic Surgeons Summer Meeting, Windsor, July 8 2005.

PII: S1748-6815(07)00367-1

doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2007.06.026

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 61, Issue 1 , Pages 55-60 , January 2008

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