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Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Volume 23, 1989 - Issue 1
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Original Article

Microvascular Anastomosis of Interpositional Vein Grafts with the Unilink System: A Comparative Experimental Study

Rafn Ragnarsson The Department of Plastic Surgery, Hand Surgery and Burns, University Hospital, S-58185, Linköping, Sweden
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Anders Berggren The Department of Plastic Surgery, Hand Surgery and Burns, University Hospital, S-58185, Linköping, Sweden
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Leif T. Östrup The Department of Plastic Surgery, Hand Surgery and Burns, University Hospital, S-58185, Linköping, Sweden
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Lennart Franzén Department of Pathology, University Hospital, S-58185, Linköping, Sweden
Pages 23-28 | Received 07 Apr 1988, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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