Indications and Decision Making in Lower Extremity Amputations: Has Anything Changed in the Era of Microvascular Soft Tissue and Bone Regeneration Techniques?-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Indications and Decision Making in Lower Extremity Amputations: Has Anything Changed in the Era of Microvascular Soft Tissue and Bone Regeneration Techniques?

Published:2018-09-29 Issue:4 Volume:4 Page:241-246
ISSN:2198-6096
Container-title:Current Trauma Reports
language:en
Short-container-title:Curr Trauma Rep

Author:

Halvachizadeh S.,Pape H.-C.

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Subject

Rehabilitation,Orthopedics and Sports Medicine,Surgery

Link

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40719-018-0148-9/fulltext.html

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