1. 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 (August 2012)
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2. Fig 1
(A) Small malleable retractor (16 cm × 1.5cm). (B) Malleable retractor bent into a ring shape.
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3. Fig 2
Surgical view of the malleable retractor ring around the distal stump of the total arch replacement.
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