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The authors are grateful to Mr. Tomoaki Ishikawa, chief radiology technician, for outstanding processing and evaluation of the 3-D CTA images.
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This retrospective study was approved by the Institutional Review Board at Otaru Municipal Medical Center, and informed consent was obtained from all the patients prior to their inclusion in the study.
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Ito, M. et al. (2016). Lateral Position of the External Carotid Artery: A Rare Variation to Be Recognized During Carotid Endarterectomy. In: Tsukahara, T., Pasqualin, A., Esposito, G., Regli, L., Pinna, G. (eds) Trends in Cerebrovascular Surgery. Acta Neurochirurgica Supplement, vol 123. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29887-0_16
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