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Hammock-like Graft-Holding Method Using a Cotton Bandage in Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass
Hidefumi Obo, MD, Nobuhiko Mukohara, MD, Masato Yoshida, MD, Tsutomu Shida, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 80, Issue 1, Pages (July 2005) DOI: /j.athoracsur Copyright © 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
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Fig 1 Anastomosis of the internal thoracic artery (ITA) and radial artery (RA). The cotton bandage is clipped on the drape by hemostatic forceps and hung between the blades of the retractor. The grafts are sandwiched between the bandage and saturated with saline. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
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Fig 2 In case of internal thoracic artery (ITA) to left anterior descending artery (LAD) anastomosis (A) or gastroepiploic artery (GEA) to posterior descending artery (PD) anastomosis (B), the bandage is hung close to the target vessel and incised in a V shape. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
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