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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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Publication history
Accepted:
November 17,
1992
Received:
July 22,
1992
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© 1993 The British Association of Plastic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc.