Rat Model for Practicing Microsurgical Vascular Anastomosis

J Reconstr Microsurg 2019; 35(07): e6
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1715645

Letter to the Editor

Ali Tayebi Meybodi

¹Department of Neurosurgery, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey

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