Coverage of below elbow amputation stump with a soft-tissue periosteal flap

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Plast Surg 2016; 49(02): 284-286
DOI: 10.4103/0970-0358.191317

Letters to Editor

Association of Plastic Surgeons of India

Rahul Krishnarao Patil

Department of Hand and Microvascular Surgery and Khoula Hospital, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman

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Ahmed Osama Abdel Hamed

Department of Hand and Microvascular Surgery and Khoula Hospital, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman

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Srinivasan Venugopal

Department of Hand and Microvascular Surgery and Khoula Hospital, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman

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Mahil Cherian

Department of Hand and Microvascular Surgery and Khoula Hospital, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman

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Gopal Malhotra

Department of Hand and Microvascular Surgery and Khoula Hospital, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman

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