Reply to Letter to the Editor: Morbidity of the Free Fibula Flap Reconstruction in Head and Neck Malignancies

J.N. Lodders; E.A. J.M. Schulten; J.G. A.M. de Visscher; T. Forouzanfar; K. H. Karagozoglu

doi:10.1055/s-0037-1601402

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery, Table of Contents

J Reconstr Microsurg 2017; 33(05): 379-380
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1601402

Letter to the Editor

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

Reply to Letter to the Editor: Morbidity of the Free Fibula Flap Reconstruction in Head and Neck Malignancies

J.N. Lodders

¹Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery/Oral Pathology, VU University Medical Center, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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E.A. J.M. Schulten

¹Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery/Oral Pathology, VU University Medical Center, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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J.G. A.M. de Visscher

¹Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery/Oral Pathology, VU University Medical Center, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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T. Forouzanfar

¹Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery/Oral Pathology, VU University Medical Center, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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K. H. Karagozoglu

¹Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery/Oral Pathology, VU University Medical Center, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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