The Achilles' heel of limb salvage is the heel

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. 2021 Oct;74(4):1240-1241.

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2021.03.021.

¹ Maine Medical Center, Division of Vascular Surgery, Tufts University School of Medicine, Portland, Me.

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