Perforator-to-perforator anastomosis as a salvage procedure during harvest of a perforator flap

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Velazquez-Mujica, Jonathan (Department of Plastic Surgery, China Medical University Hospital) ;
Losco, Luigi (Department of Plastic Surgery, China Medical University Hospital) ;
Aksoyler, Dicle (Department of Plastic Surgery, China Medical University Hospital) ;
Chen, Hung-Chi (Department of Plastic Surgery, China Medical University Hospital)

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