Optimal Vasodilators in Microsurgery and Their Effects on Blood Vessels

J Reconstr Microsurg
DOI: 10.1055/a-2483-5634

Letter to the Editor

¹Department of Plastic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan

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Tadashi Nomura

¹Department of Plastic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan

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Hiroto Terashi

¹Department of Plastic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan

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Shunsuke Sakakibara

¹Department of Plastic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan

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