Burns
Volume 31, Issue 6 , Pages 726-730 , September 2005

Reconstruction of axillary contractures with thoracodorsal perforator island flap

  • E. Er

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Present address: Transmed Clinic, Fulyalı sokak No. 7, İçlevent/İstanbul, Turkey. Tel.: +90 212 3811300; fax: +90 212 2812261.
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  • C. Uçar

,Accepted 17 February 2005.

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PII: S0305-4179(05)00079-3

doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2005.02.014

Burns
Volume 31, Issue 6 , Pages 726-730 , September 2005

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