title: 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.
abstract: We describe secure surgical method for catheter placement using ultrasonic scalpel via the occipital artery to achieve retrograde superselective intra-arterial chemotherapy for advanced oral cancer, as alternative to approach via the superficial temporal artery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, 3-9 Fukuura, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama 236-0004 Japan.
authors.forename: Toshinori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iwai
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Southern Tohoku Proton Therapy Centre, Southern Tohoku Research Institute of Neuroscience, 7-172 Yatsuyamada, Koriyama, Fukushima 963-8052 Japan.
authors.forename: Nobukazu
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fuwa
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, 3-9 Fukuura, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama 236-0004 Japan.
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hirota
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, 3-9 Fukuura, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama 236-0004 Japan.
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mitsudo
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, 3-9 Fukuura, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama 236-0004 Japan.
authors.forename: Iwai
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tohnai
keywords: Catheter placement; Occipital artery; Retrograde superselective intra-arterial chemotherapy; Superficial temporal artery