Sharma's clamp for sequential coronary artery grafting.
Sequential coronary artery grafting is a common procedure. Holding the graft in the correct alignment and orientation in a limited pericardial space and taking a suture at the correct place on the graft is difficult. Graft slippage from the assistant can be distracting to the surgeon, unnecessarily increasing the anastomosis time and also affecting graft patency due to improperly placed sutures. We describe a simple device (Sharma's clamp) for graft holding and stabilization for sequential bypass grafting in coronary artery bypass surgery.
Cardiothoracic Surgery Division, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman drashoksharma1@gmail.com.
Ashok Kumar
AK
Sharma
Cardiothoracic Surgery Division, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman.
Mohammad Salman
MS
Siddiqi
Cardiothoracic Surgery Division, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman.
Hilal
H
Al Sabti
D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D003250:Constriction; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D061646:Operative Time; D013525:Surgical Instruments; D013536:Suture Techniques; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014654:Vascular Patency
Anastomosis; Coronary artery bypass; Equipment design; Surgical instruments; surgical