Anterograde Flow Rerouting in Venous Supercharged DIEP Flap

J Reconstr Microsurg 2018; 34(06): e5
DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-1700557

Letter to the Editor

Thieme Medical Publishers 333 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001, USA.

Gabriele Giunta

¹Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Brussels (VUB), Brussels, Belgium

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Assaf Aviram Zeltzer

¹Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Brussels (VUB), Brussels, Belgium

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Moustapha Hamdi

¹Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Brussels (VUB), Brussels, Belgium

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