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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 43, 676-677, Copyright © 1987 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Application of ultrasonic aspirator for dissection of the internal mammary artery in coronary artery bypass grafting

H Suma, H Fukumoto and A Takeuchi

The low-power ultrasonic aspirator was used for the dissection of the internal mammary artery (IMA) in 20 patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting. Harvesting time was shorter and the amount of bleeding was less than with the ordinary method. The short-term patency rate (1 to 6 months) for those IMA grafts was 95% (19 of 20 remained patent). These results have encouraged us to use the ultrasonic aspirator routinely for IMA dissection.

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