Use of the Fix and Flap Approach to Complex Open Elbow Injury: The Role of the Free Anterolateral Thigh Flap |
Chui, Christopher Hoe-Kong
(Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Singapore General Hospital)
Wong, Chin-Ho (Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Singapore General Hospital) Chew, Winston Y. (Department of Orthopaedic Surgery (Hand and Microsurgery), Tan Tock Seng Hospital) Low, Mun-Hon (Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Singapore General Hospital) Tan, Bien-Keem (Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Singapore General Hospital) |
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