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Challenges and tips of exoscopic perivascular microsurgical dissection in lower extremity orthoplastic free flap reconstruction

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  1. London Reconstructive Microsurgery Unit (LRMU), Department of Plastic Surgery, Emergency Care and Trauma Division (ECAT), The Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK

    Michalis Hadjiandreou & Georgios Pafitanis

  2. Medical School, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus

    Georgios Pafitanis

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Hadjiandreou, M., Pafitanis, G. Challenges and tips of exoscopic perivascular microsurgical dissection in lower extremity orthoplastic free flap reconstruction. Eur J Plast Surg 46, 1297–1298 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00238-023-02141-6

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