A human-scale porcine fasciocutaneous and muscle flap model for the evaluation of ortho-plastic reconstructions of lower-limb defects

Slater, Josefine; Stilling, Maiken; Krag, Andreas Engel; Tøstesen, Sara Kousgaard; Mikkelsen, Mads Kristian Duborg; McNally, Martin; Ramsden, Alexander James; Jensen, Louise Kruse; Kiil, Birgitte Jul; Bue, Mats

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A human-scale porcine fasciocutaneous and muscle flap model for the evaluation of ortho-plastic reconstructions of lower-limb defects

Josefine Slater, Maiken Stilling, Andreas Engel Krag, Sara Kousgaard Tøstesen, Mads Kristian Duborg Mikkelsen, Martin McNally, Alexander James Ramsden, Louise Kruse Jensen, Birgitte Jul Kiil, and Mats Bue

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