Tips and Tricks for Navigating the Microvascular Coupler Anastomosis Learning Curve

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Juan Enrique Berner (Department of Plastic Surgery, Emergency Care and Trauma Division (ECAT), The Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust) ;
Georgios Pafitanis (Department of Plastic Surgery, Emergency Care and Trauma Division (ECAT), The Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust) ;
Dariush Nikkhah (Plastic Surgery Department, Royal Free Hospital, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust) ;
Timothy P. Crowley (Plastic Surgery Department, Royal Victoria Infirmary and Freeman Hospital, The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust) ;
Maniram Ragbir (Plastic Surgery Department, Royal Victoria Infirmary and Freeman Hospital, The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust)

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