gastrocnemius muscle flap and its application in lower extremity reconstruction

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ali karbalaeikhani department of hand and microsurgery emam reza hospital, aja university of medical sciences, tehran, iran. سلمان دهخدا

salman dehkhoda department of surgery, emam reza hospital, aja university of medical sciences, tehran, iran. حسین صارمی

hossein saremi department of hand and microsurgery, besat hospital, hamedan university of medical sciences, hamedan, iran.

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annals of military and health science research

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