Secure Surgical Method for Catheter Placement via the Occipital Artery to Achieve Retrograde Superselective Intra-Arterial Chemotherapy for Advanced Oral Cancer: Alternative to Approach via the Superficial Temporal Artery

Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 205-207

  Iwai, Toshinori ^a   Fuwa, Nobukazu ^b   Hirota, Makoto ^a   Mitsudo, Kenji ^a   Tohnai, Iwai ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Southern Tohoku General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Catheter placement; Occipital artery; Retrograde superselective intra arterial chemotherapy; Superficial temporal artery

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900029347     PISSN: 22313796     EISSN: 09737707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12070-012-0501-1     Document Type: Article

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