title: Technique to protect the internal mammary artery pedicle.
abstract: A simple technique to protect the internal mammary artery pedicle from injury in reoperative sternotomies is described. It consists of a pericardial window created by two pericardial flaps with displacement of the mammary pedicle away from the midline.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90048, USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Blanche
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Santibanez-Gallerani
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007387:Internal Mammary-Coronary Artery Anastomosis / Q000379:methods*; D010491:Pericardial Window Techniques; D012086:Reoperation; D013249:Sternum / Q000601:surgery