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Myocutaneous transpelvic flaps do improve quality of life and help to reduce wound healing complications in patients receiving abdominoperineal resection in the real world

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  1. Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen Nuernberg FAU, Krankenhausstrasse 12, 91054, Erlangen, Germany

    Raymund E. Horch, Andreas Arkudas & Justus P. Beier

  2. Department of General and Visceral Surgery, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen Nuernberg FAU, Krankenhausstrasse 12, 91054, Erlangen, Germany

    Werner Hohenberger & Klaus Weber

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Horch, R.E., Hohenberger, W., Weber, K. et al. Myocutaneous transpelvic flaps do improve quality of life and help to reduce wound healing complications in patients receiving abdominoperineal resection in the real world. Int J Colorectal Dis 31, 1525–1527 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00384-016-2543-4

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