Gouty tophus without gout attacks treated using a reversed digital artery flap

Yukako Okuharaa Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hiroshima Prefectural Hospital, Hiroshima, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]

Keisuke Shimboa Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hiroshima Prefectural Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan

Shogo Nagamatsub Department of Plastic Surgery, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan

Kazunori Yokotab Department of Plastic Surgery, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan

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