title: 'No touch' technique for coronary anastomoses with arterial grafts.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital, Zürich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tkebuchava
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: von Segesser
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007387:Internal Mammary-Coronary Artery Anastomosis / Q000379:methods*