Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 64, Issue 3 , Pages 381-385 , March 2011

Lateral supragenicular pedicle perforator flap: Clinical results and vascular anatomy

Received 13 April 2010 ,Accepted 25 May 2010.

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☆ Presented at the American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery Annual Scientific Meeting, Boca Raton, Florida, January, 2010.

PII: S1748-6815(10)00329-3

doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2010.05.029

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 64, Issue 3 , Pages 381-385 , March 2011

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