title: [How to protect the surgeons' faces against spurting blood from the ascending aorta].
abstract: The blood spurting from the ascending aorta is uncomfortable for cardiac surgeons. To protect the surgeons' faces from this spurting blood, we use a longitudinal half of a plastic bottle, which is semi see-through. While the assistant is holding this device above the ascending aorta, the surgeons can proceed the operation with good surgical view.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Social Insurance Kinan Hospital, Tanabe, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sakagoshi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Matsuura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Masada
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shimazaki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
mesh_terms: D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery*; D001769:Blood; D005145:Face; D013502:General Surgery; D006801:Humans; D011482:Protective Devices