Lightguide spectrophotometry to monitor free TRAM flaps

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 578, Issue , 2006, Pages 351-356

  Caddick, Jenny ^a   Raine, Cameron ^a   Harrison, David ^a   Erdmann, Matt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH DURHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84934434824     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/0-387-29540-2_54     Document Type: Conference Paper

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