A detailed observation of variations of the facial artery, with emphasis on the superior labial artery

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 316-324

  Loukas, Marios ^a,b   Hullett, Joel ^c   Louis Jr , Robert G ^a,c   Kapos, Theodoros ^d   Knight, Jamie ^c   Nagy, Ryan ^c   Marycz, Damien ^c  

^a ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c American University of the Caribbean   (Netherlands Antilles)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abb flap; Angular artery; Facial artery; Facial vasculature; Lateral nasal artery; Lip reconstruction; Superior alar artery; Superior labial artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CADAVER; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LIP; LIP RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIES; CADAVER; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN;

EID: 33646712151     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-006-0093-0     Document Type: Article

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