An anomalous course of the radial artery: Dissect rather than resect

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Plast Surg 2010; 43(02): 228-229
DOI: 10.4103/0970-0358.73474

Letters to Editor

Association of Plastic Surgeons of India

Berkan Mersa

Department of Hand Surgery, İst-El Microsurgery and Rehabilitation Group, Gaziosmanpaşa Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey

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Bülent Özçelik

Department of Hand Surgery, İst-El Microsurgery and Rehabilitation Group, Gaziosmanpaşa Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey

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Samet Vasfi Kuvat

¹Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Dicle and İstanbul Faculty of Medicine, Diyarbakır and İstanbul, Turkey

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Özgür Pilancı

¹Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Bağcılar Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey

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