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Ann Thorac Surg 1994;57:1670-1671
© 1994 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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New modification of a mammary artery retractor

Toshiaki Itoh, MD*, Masaru Sawazaki, MD, Yutaka Ogawa, MD, Akio Matsuura, MD, Kenzo Yasuura, MD, Toshio Abe, MD

Department of Thoracic Surgery, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan

Accepted for publication February 3, 1994.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Itoh, Thoracic Surgery, Nagoya University School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai, Shyowa-ku, Nagoya 466, Japan.

A new accessory instrument to the self-retaining internal mammary artery retractor was developed. This instrument presses the chest wall inward, relieves the concavity of the inner surface of the chest wall, and provides good exposure of the internal mammary artery.




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