Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 63, Issue 10 , Pages 1597-1601 , October 2010

One hundred cases of abdominal-based free flaps in breast reconstruction. The impact of preoperative computed tomographic angiography

Received 2 July 2009 ,Accepted 14 October 2009.

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PII: S1748-6815(09)00740-2

doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2009.10.015

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 63, Issue 10 , Pages 1597-1601 , October 2010

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