title: [Snare injury in coronary artery bypass grafting on the beating heart: report of 2 cases].
abstract: From June to November 1997, 8 patients underwent coronary artery bypass grafting on the beating heart. The first 2 patients had snare injury. Postoperative angiography showed coronary stenosis distal to the LITA-LAD anastomosis in the first case and a pseudo-aneurysm at the septal branch of the LAD in the second case, most likely due to snaring maneuver with 3-0 prolene or 3-0 GORE-TEX suture with a sharp needle. Since then, we have been satisfactorily utilizing the RETRACT-O-TAPE (a silicone tape with blunt needle, QUEST Medical, Inc.) for coronary occlusion to avoid injury to the native vessels and their branches.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Endoh
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohtsuka
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hirata
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kohno
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kotsuka
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takamoto
mesh_terms: D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000601:surgery; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000293:injuries*; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013536:Suture Techniques