Harvesting the inferior epigastric artery through a transverse suprapubic incision.
The inferior epigastric artery has been used as an alternative arterial conduit in coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Its harvesting requires a single or double, long abdominal paramedian incision that is technically difficult and does not yield a good cosmetic result. We describe an alternative new approach to one or both inferior epigastric arteries through a transverse suprapubic cosmetic incision.
da Costa Rocha
Bruno
B
Heart Institute (InCor), University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil
Succi
José Ernesto
JE
Dauar
Renato Bauab
RB
Kiyose
Alberto Takeshi
AT
Puig
Luiz Boro
LB
de Oliveira
Sérgio Almeida
SA
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D015331:Cohort Studies; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D003326:Coronary Circulation / Q000502:physiology; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D019074:Epigastric Arteries / Q000637:transplantation*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007813:Laparotomy / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011630:Pubic Bone; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome