Videoscopic harvest of the inferior epigastric artery.
The inferior epigastric artery has been found to be a useful conduit for performing arterial coronary revascularization. The present report describes a minimally invasive port access technique for harvesting the inferior epigastric artery.
Hoenig
S J
SJ
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.
Hodin
R A
RA
Novak
G
G
Cohn
W E
WE
D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000295:instrumentation*; D019723:Endoscopes; D019074:Epigastric Arteries / Q000637:transplantation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation; D014741:Video Recording / Q000295:instrumentation*