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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 52, 877-878, Copyright © 1991 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Cardiac retractor for coronary bypass operations

JA Rousou, RM Engelman, JE Flack 3d and DW Deaton
Department of Surgery, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Massachusetts 01107.

The Thompson retractor, used mainly for abdominal procedures, has been used to retract the heart and facilitate exposure for the performance of inferior wall or posterolateral wall coronary anastomoses. It has been found to be very effective and can replace a second assistant to retract the heart or avoid other cumbersome methods of cardiac retraction.

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