'No touch' technique for coronary anastomoses with arterial grafts.
We describe a simple no-touch technique for facilitating coronary anastomosis using different arterial grafts. To accomplish this technique it is necessary to make a cut near the end of the graft creating a "cuff". Holding this cuff during the anastomosis steadies the graft, which simplifies the suturing technique and facilitates precise anastomosis.
Tkebuchava
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Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital, Zürich, Switzerland.
von Segesser
L K
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D006801:Humans; D007387:Internal Mammary-Coronary Artery Anastomosis / Q000379:methods*