title: How I do it: modified technique for vein preparation using the SaphLITE retractor and PAS-Port system.
abstract: We describe a modified technique of vein preparation using the SaphLITE retractor and PAS-Port aortic connector system in off-pump coronary artery bypass. The combination of these devices can minimize leg wound complication, shorten time to harvest, and enable us to obtain reliable hemostasis.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiac Surgery, Tokyo Medical University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. tamotsuyasuda@aol.com
authors.forename: Tamotsu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yasuda
authors.forename: Go
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kawachi
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D047549:Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-Pump / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D004867:Equipment Design; D004869:Equipment Safety; D006801:Humans; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000601:surgery / Q000637:transplantation*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013525:Surgical Instruments; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods