Koichi Watanabe

Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
Professor of Department of Anatomy

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Researcher ID: S-1515-2019
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Professional (scientific) interests: Gross Anatomy; Clinical Anatomy; Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

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  1. Iwanaga, J., Choudhury, H., Yu, A., Matsuo, K., Kawai, H., Han, A., Tabira, Y., Saga, T., Watanabe, K., Loukas, M., Tubbs, R. S. (2023). A histological study of the adult ligamentum arteriosum: Novel findings with application to a patent ductus arteriosus. Clinical Anatomy, 37 (1), 140–146. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ca.24122

  2. Hashiguchi, S., Hayakawa, K., Inoue, E., Han, A., Iwanaga, J., Tabira, Y., Yamashita, A., Rikimaru, H., Kiyokawa, K., Watanabe, K. (2022). An Anatomical Dissection Method for Observation of Fibrous Facial Structures. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, 151 (3), 569–579. doi: https://doi.org/10.1097/prs.0000000000009975

  3. Han, A., Inoue, E., Kikuchi, K., Haikata, Y., Tabira, Y., Iwanaga, J., Saga, T., Kiyokawa, K., Watanabe, K. (2022). Gross anatomical study of the subcutaneous structures that create the three‐dimensional shape of the buttocks. Clinical Anatomy, 36 (2), 297–307. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ca.23988

  4. Iwanaga, J., He, P., Fukino, K., Hur, M., Kim, H., Han, A., Watanabe, K., Ibaragi, S., Kitagawa, N., Tubbs, R. S. (2022). What is a superior labial frenulum? An anatomical and histological study. Clinical Anatomy, 36 (1), 161–169. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ca.23973

  5. Watanabe, K., Han, A., Inoue, E., Iwanaga, J., Kikuchi, K., Haikata, Y., Nooma, K., Harano, T., Tabira, Y., Saga, T. (2022). Three sublayers in the SMAS: Observations of facial soft tissue using the stretched tissue dissection method focusing on the SMAS. Clinical Anatomy, 36 (1), 102–109. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ca.23954

  6. Albuck, A., Haikata, Y., Watanabe, K., Tubbs, R. S., Iwanaga, J. (2022). A large sublingual glandular branch of the lingual nerve: a rare case report. Anatomy & Cell Biology, 55 (3), 380–383. doi: https://doi.org/10.5115/acb.22.016

  7. Iwanaga, J., Ibaragi, S., Okui, T., Divi, V., Ohyama, Y., Watanabe, K., Kusukawa, J., Tubbs, R. S. (2022). Cutaneous branch of the nerve to the mylohyoid muscle: Potential cause of postoperative sensory alteration in the submental area. Annals of Anatomy - Anatomischer Anzeiger, 243, 151934. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aanat.2022.151934