Total scalp avulsion: Practical tips for successful replantation
Matthew Jennings MBBS, MS
Department of Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Contribution: Data curation, Validation, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorJake Willet MBBS, MPH
Department of Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Contribution: Conceptualization, Validation, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorSteven Cook MBBS
Department of Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Contribution: Conceptualization, Supervision, Validation, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorJack Harbison MBBS, FRACS (Plast)
Department of Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Contribution: Conceptualization, Supervision, Validation, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorYugesh Caplash MBBS, FRACS (Plast)
Department of Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Contribution: Conceptualization, Supervision, Validation, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorNicholas S. Solanki BMBS, FRACS (Plast)
Department of Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Contribution: Conceptualization, Supervision, Validation, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorMatthew Jennings MBBS, MS
Department of Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Contribution: Data curation, Validation, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorJake Willet MBBS, MPH
Department of Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Contribution: Conceptualization, Validation, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorSteven Cook MBBS
Department of Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Contribution: Conceptualization, Supervision, Validation, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorJack Harbison MBBS, FRACS (Plast)
Department of Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Contribution: Conceptualization, Supervision, Validation, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorYugesh Caplash MBBS, FRACS (Plast)
Department of Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Contribution: Conceptualization, Supervision, Validation, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorNicholas S. Solanki BMBS, FRACS (Plast)
Department of Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Contribution: Conceptualization, Supervision, Validation, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
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