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Research Article| Volume 46, ISSUE 3, P87-191, 1993

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Fingertip replantation with an efferent A-V anastomosis for venous drainage: clinical reports

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      Abstract

      In five cases of fingertip replantation where conventional venous anastomosis was found to be impossible, an efferent arteriovenous anastomosis was successfully used instead for drainage.

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