Microvascular techniques are increasingly commonplace in breast and head/neck reconstruction,
lower limb and hand trauma surgery. In our unit we perform about 400 microsurgical
procedures every year. We present a simple and novel technique we use to facilitate
microvascular anastomoses.
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Published online: November 30, 2011
Received:
October 12,
2011
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© 2011 British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
