Improved surgical field for composite arterial grafts.
A simple method to obtain a motionless surgical field with excellent exposure and access to perform internal thoracic or radial artery composite grafts for myocardial revascularization is described.
Caralps
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Department of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain. emaza@hsp.santpau.es
D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000295:instrumentation; D001158:Arteries / Q000637:transplantation*; D006801:Humans; D009204:Myocardial Revascularization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017534:Radial Artery / Q000637:transplantation; D013525:Surgical Instruments; D013536:Suture Techniques