1. A New Technique for Dissection of the Pulmonary Vessels
Sadanori Takeo, MD, PhD, Shuichi Tsukamoto, MD, PhD, Daigo Kawano, MD, Masakazu Katsura, MD 
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 
Volume 92, Issue 4, Pages (October 2011)
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2. Fig 1
After the central part of the pulmonary artery is ligated with 2-0 silk (A), the portion of the pulmonary artery that is just distal to the first ligation is grasped directly and retracted centrally with vascular forceps (B).
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3. Fig 2
The artery is exposed on the distal side with the Mayo-type scissors by dissecting the connective tissue sheath surrounding the artery (A). This pulmonary artery is ligated at both proximal and distal sides (B).
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