Letter to the Editor
In Response to Increasing pedicle reach with musculocutaneous perforator dissection in anterolateral thigh free flaps
Karolina A. Plonowska-Hirschfeld MD,
Karolina A. Plonowska-Hirschfeld MD
UCSF Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
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P. Daniel Knott MD
Division of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, UCSF Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
Send correspondence to P. Daniel Knott, University of California-San Francisco, 2233 Post Street, 3rd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94115. Email: [email protected]
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Karolina A. Plonowska-Hirschfeld MD,
Karolina A. Plonowska-Hirschfeld MD
UCSF Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
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P. Daniel Knott MD
Division of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, UCSF Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
Send correspondence to P. Daniel Knott, University of California-San Francisco, 2233 Post Street, 3rd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94115. Email: [email protected]
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First published: 24 October 2023
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