Microsurgical transfer of the proximal tibia, including epiphysis, in the management of high above knee amputations.

J Reconstr Microsurg

Department of Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Published: November 2014


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