Free flap reexploration: indications, treatment, and outcomes in 1193 free flaps.

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Published in Plast Reconstr Surg on June 01, 2007

Authors

Duc T Bui1, Peter G Cordeiro, Qun-Ying Hu, Joseph J Disa, Andrea Pusic, Babak J Mehrara

Author Affiliations

1: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA.

Associated clinical trials:

Monitoring of Bone Free Flaps With Microdialysis (MTM) | NCT01879384

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