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Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:1749-1750
© 2003 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

How to do it

Harvesting the inferior epigastric artery through a transverse suprapubic incision

Bruno da Costa Rocha, MDa,b*, José Ernesto Succi, MDb, Renato Bauab Dauar, MDb, Alberto Takeshi Kiyose, MDb, Luiz Boro Puig, MDa, Sérgio Almeida de Oliveira, MDb

a Heart Institute (InCor), University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil
b , and Hospital Bandeirantes, São Paulo, Brazil

Accepted for publication February 15, 2003.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Rocha, 408 Alves Guimarães Street, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, 05410-000
e-mail: codecorltda{at}aol.com

The inferior epigastric artery has been used as an alternative arterial conduit in coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Its harvesting requires a single or double, long abdominal paramedian incision that is technically difficult and does not yield a good cosmetic result. We describe an alternative new approach to one or both inferior epigastric arteries through a transverse suprapubic cosmetic incision.






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