[Simultaneous operations of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) using right gastroepiploic artery (rt. GEA) and cholecystectomy for silent gallstone detected preoperatively: a report of two cases].
We report two cases simultaneously operated on CABG using rt. GEA and cholecystectomy for silent gallstone detected by routine preoperative examinations. We prefer that two different procedures are performed simultaneously even if gallstone is asymptomatic, for about 50% of silent gallstone is said to become symptomatic within further five years in the literature and the pedicle of rt. GEA may be troublesome during cholecystectomy.
Terada
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Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mitsui Memorial Hospital.
Suma
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H
Saito
T
T
Fukuda
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S
Takayama
T
T
Wanibuchi
Y
Y
Furuta
S
S
D000368:Aged; D001158:Arteries / Q000637:transplantation; D002763:Cholecystectomy / Q000379:methods; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013270:Stomach / Q000098:blood supply*