An Easy and Useful Exposure Technique Using a Malleable Ring for the Distal Anastomosis in Total Arch Replacement Shigehiko Tokunaga, MD, Shota Yasuda, MD, Yosuke Atsumi, MD, Munetaka Masuda, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 94, Issue 2, Pages 666-667 (August 2012) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.03.112 Copyright © 2012 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 (A) Small malleable retractor (16 cm × 1.5cm). (B) Malleable retractor bent into a ring shape. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2012 94, 666-667DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.03.112) Copyright © 2012 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Surgical view of the malleable retractor ring around the distal stump of the total arch replacement. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2012 94, 666-667DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.03.112) Copyright © 2012 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions