Immobilized instrument for minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass: Midcab doughnut Masao Takahashi, MD, Shinichiro Yamamoto, MD, Shigeki Tabata, MD The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 114, Issue 4, Pages 680-682 (October 1997) DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(97)70063-1 Copyright © 1997 Mosby, Inc. Terms and Conditions
Fig. 1 Schema of the MIDCAB doughnut. ITA, Internal thoracic artery. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 1997 114, 680-682DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(97)70063-1) Copyright © 1997 Mosby, Inc. Terms and Conditions
Fig. 2 The instrument was fixed to the heart by air suction. Both a motionless and bloodless operative field could be obtained with the use of this instrument. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 1997 114, 680-682DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(97)70063-1) Copyright © 1997 Mosby, Inc. Terms and Conditions