British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 48, Issue 4 , Pages 245-252 , June 2010

Review of the radial free flap: is it still evolving, or is it facing extinction? Part one: soft-tissue radial flap

,Accepted 3 September 2009.

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