Hammock-like graft-holding method using a cotton bandage in off-pump coronary artery bypass.

Obo, Hidefumi; Mukohara, Nobuhiko; Yoshida, Masato; Shida, Tsutomu · Ann Thorac Surg · 2005

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Abstract

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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