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Missed Compartment Syndrome of the Forearm: Limb Salvage and Reconstruction

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank Mr. HUYNH Chieu Duong, Dr. Peter SCOUGALL and Dr. Albert DE MEY for their excellent help and support.

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  1. Department of Plastic, Reconstructive & Hand Surgery, Hue Central Hospital, 16, Le Loi Avenue, Hue City, Vietnam

    Trung-Hau Le Thua & Dang-Nhat Pham

  2. Department of Plastic Surgery, Brugmann University Hospital, Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium

    Willy Boeckx

  3. 55, Tran Nguyen Han Street, Thuan Hoa Ward, Hue City, Vietnam

    Trung-Hau Le Thua

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Le Thua, TH., Pham, DN. & Boeckx, W. Missed Compartment Syndrome of the Forearm: Limb Salvage and Reconstruction. J Hand Microsurg 7, 129–132 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12593-014-0118-6

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