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Neurovascular Island Pedicled(Littler) Flap

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Soft Tissue Reconstruction of the Hand: Loco-regional and Distant Flaps Selection and Approach

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Innervated axial pattern regional flap (interpolation)

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  1. Plastic Surgery Division, Department of Surgery, Ministry of National Guard - Health Affairs, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Asmaa Z. Bin Mahmoud & Abdulaziz Alhujayri

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  1. Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard - Health Affairs. King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Obaid Almeshal

  2. Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, King Abdulaziz Medical City, College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences Ministry of National Guard - Health Affairs. King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Salah Aldekhayel

  3. Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard - Health Affairs. King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Feras Alshomer

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Mahmoud, A.Z.B., Alhujayri, A. (2022). Neurovascular Island Pedicled(Littler) Flap . In: Almeshal, O., Aldekhayel, S., Alshomer, F. (eds) Soft Tissue Reconstruction of the Hand: Loco-regional and Distant Flaps Selection and Approach . Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-9945-0_25

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