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The use of the latissimus dorsi muscle flap for posterior scalp defects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

A. A. Narula*
Affiliation:
Head and Neck Unit, The Royal Marsden Hospital, Fulham Road, London SW3.
N. C. Breach
Affiliation:
Head and Neck Unit, The Royal Marsden Hospital, Fulham Road, London SW3.
*
A. Narula, ENT Department, University Hospital, NOttingham, NG7 2UH.

Abstract

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1985

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