Posterior arm flap for axillary coverage in the setting of bifid axillary vein resection
Oliver Miles MD, BBiom
Eastern Health, Box Hill Hospital, Box Hill, Victoria, Australia
Search for more papers by this authorOlivia Perotti MBBS, BMedSci, FRACS
Eastern Health, Box Hill Hospital, Box Hill, Victoria, Australia
Contribution: Conceptualization, Supervision
Search for more papers by this authorJi Yue Wang MBBS (Hons), BBiom
Eastern Health, Box Hill Hospital, Box Hill, Victoria, Australia
Contribution: Writing - original draft
Search for more papers by this authorNamrata Anavekar MBBS (Hons), FRACS
Eastern Health, Box Hill Hospital, Box Hill, Victoria, Australia
Contribution: Conceptualization, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorOliver Miles MD, BBiom
Eastern Health, Box Hill Hospital, Box Hill, Victoria, Australia
Search for more papers by this authorOlivia Perotti MBBS, BMedSci, FRACS
Eastern Health, Box Hill Hospital, Box Hill, Victoria, Australia
Contribution: Conceptualization, Supervision
Search for more papers by this authorJi Yue Wang MBBS (Hons), BBiom
Eastern Health, Box Hill Hospital, Box Hill, Victoria, Australia
Contribution: Writing - original draft
Search for more papers by this authorNamrata Anavekar MBBS (Hons), FRACS
Eastern Health, Box Hill Hospital, Box Hill, Victoria, Australia
Contribution: Conceptualization, Writing - review & editing
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