title: The skeletonized internal mammary artery.
abstract: The internal mammary artery increasingly is being used to construct multiple distal anastomoses. By skeletonizing the pedicle, the artery is functionally lengthened and sequential anastomoses are easier to perform.
mesh_terms: D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D004564:Electrocoagulation; D006801:Humans; D008323:Mammary Arteries / Q000637:transplantation*; D013895:Thoracic Arteries / Q000637:transplantation*