[Ideal production of the magnifying glass for the coronary artery bypass surgery].
In recent year, the number of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) has been increased more than 10,000 cases in the year of 1996 in Japan. However, it is very important to use a magnifying glass in CABG, especially for the anastomosis of small-caliber vessels, and to get high patency rate in the long-term. There is no ideal magnifying glass to be available during operation for CABG in the world wide. Therefore, I have produced it with some ideal considerations in the standpoints of from the availability, lightness, and cost performance which will be soon commercially available.
Okada
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Department of Surgery, Kobe University School of Medicine, Japan.
D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007909:Lenses / Q000592:standards*