Looped device for inferior vena cava taping through a right parasternal approach.
In small adults and infants, inferior vena caval taping through the right parasternal approach for minimally invasive cardiac operations is often difficult with conventional methods. We present a new convenient method to simplify this critical step.
D000328:Adult; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013249:Sternum; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior