Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 63, Issue 10 , Pages 1602-1607 , October 2010

Multidetector-row computed tomography (MDCT) analysis of the supra-fascial perforator directionality (SPD) of the occipital artery perforator (OAP)

  • Shimpei Ono

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8603, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 3 5814 6208; fax: +81 3 5685 3076.
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  • Rei Ogawa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8603, Japan
    • ,
  • Hiromitsu Hayashi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Yoshihiro Takami

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic Surgery, Seibu General Hospital, Saitama, Japan
    • ,
  • Shin-ichiro Kumita

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Hiko Hyakusoku

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8603, Japan

Received 3 July 2009 ,Accepted 20 September 2009.

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PII: S1748-6815(09)00718-9

doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2009.09.021

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 63, Issue 10 , Pages 1602-1607 , October 2010

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