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A case report

Angle‐to‐angle mandibular reconstruction with two free fibular flaps in a patient with two consecutive gingival cancers

Barbara Lutz Departments of Plastic Surgery, Head & Neck Oncology Center, University Hospital Örebro, Örebro, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Torun Bågenholm Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Head & Neck Oncology Center, University Hospital Örebro, Örebro, Sweden
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Ragnar Adell Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Head & Neck Oncology Center, University Hospital Örebro, Örebro, Sweden
Pages 46-49 | Accepted 22 Nov 2002, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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