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Ann Thorac Surg 2005;80:353-354
© 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Hammock-like Graft-Holding Method Using a Cotton Bandage in Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass

Hidefumi Obo, MD*, Nobuhiko Mukohara, MD, Masato Yoshida, MD, Tsutomu Shida, MD

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hyogo Brain and Heart Center, Hyogo, Japan

Accepted for publication February 6, 2004.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Obo, Hyogo Brain and Heart Center, Saisyou Kou 520, Himeji, Hyogo, 670-0981, Japan; (Email: hobo{at}hbhc.jp).

A simple and inexpensive new graft-holding method is described. This method requires only a cotton bandage to hold the skeletonized graft in off-pump coronary artery bypass. A wet cotton bandage hung between the blades of a retractor can hold grafts in an atraumatic fashion at the center of the operating field and facilitate anastomosis during off-pump coronary artery bypass.






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