Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 61, Issue 7 , Pages 767-771 , July 2008

Safety and reliability of microsurgical free tissue transfers in paediatric head and neck reconstruction – a report of 72 cases

Received 2 August 2006 ,Accepted 10 October 2007.

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☆ Presented at the 2004 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery, Palm Springs, USA, 17–20 January, 2004.

PII: S1748-6815(07)00525-6

doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2007.10.022

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 61, Issue 7 , Pages 767-771 , July 2008

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