Facilitated Small Venous Anastomosis with Couplers using an Intravenous Catheter Suction System

Ioannis Kyriazidis; Efterpi Demiri; Dimitrios Dionyssiou

doi:10.1055/a-2056-2069

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery, Inhaltsverzeichnis

J Reconstr Microsurg 2023; 39(09): e1-e2
DOI: 10.1055/a-2056-2069

Letter to the Editor

Facilitated Small Venous Anastomosis with Couplers using an Intravenous Catheter Suction System

Ioannis Kyriazidis

¹Department of Plastic Surgery, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Papageorgiou General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece

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Efterpi Demiri

¹Department of Plastic Surgery, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Papageorgiou General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece

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Dimitrios Dionyssiou

¹Department of Plastic Surgery, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Papageorgiou General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece

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