title: A simple training model for coronary artery anastomoses.
abstract: To provide supplementary training for trainee cardiac surgeons, a simple method is required to simulate coronary anastomoses. By stretching 2 gloves over a towel, a model can be made that can be used to simulate a small coronary arteriotomy (including anterior and posterior walls). The graft can also be simulated using the fingers of the gloves.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Gifu Prefectural Tajimi Hospital, Tajimi, Gifu, Japan. tokuda@mxb.mesh.ne.jp
authors.forename: Yoshiyuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tokuda
authors.forename: Min-Ho
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Song
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D013903:Thoracic Surgery / Q000193:education* / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*