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Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:307-308
© 2000 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Skeletonization and harvest of the internal thoracic artery with an ultrasonic scalpel

Tetsuya Higami, MDa, Syuichi Kozawa, MDa, Tatsuro Asada, MDa, Tsutomu Shida, MDa, Kyoichi Ogawa, MDa

a Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hyogo Brain and Heart Center, Himeji, Japan

Address reprint requests to Dr Higami, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hyogo Brain and Heart Center, 520 Saisho-ko, Himeji 670-0981, Japan
e-mail: thigami{at}hbhc.hiabcd.go.jp

A new method to skeletonize and harvest the internal thoracic artery using an ultrasonic scalpel is presented. The technique is simple, safe, and minimally invasive. It is possible to obtain sufficient vessel length for anastomosis to most coronary arteries for bypass grafting.




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