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Ann Thorac Surg 1998;66:1429-1430
© 1998 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

How to Do It

Full sternotomy through a minimally invasive incision: a cardiac surgeon’s true comfort zone

Cary W. Akins, MDa

a Cardiac Surgical Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Accepted for publication May 28, 1998.

Address reprint requests to Dr Akins, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, White 503, Boston, MA 02114

Increasing attention is being paid by cardiac surgeons to performing cardiac surgical procedures through less invasive approaches, including the use of limited incisions. A limited incisional approach is described that achieves full sternotomy, allows the use of standard operative instruments and techniques, permits rapid, easy conversion to normal sternotomy exposure, and is easy to learn.




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