Reconstruction using subcutaneous pedicle flaps after excising facial malignant skin tumors
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Reconstruction of Large Facial Defects via Excision of Skin Cancer Using Two or More Regional Flaps
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عنوان ژورنال: Skin Cancer
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1884-3549,0915-3535
DOI: 10.5227/skincancer.18.274