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Robotic Skeletonized Internal Thoracic Artery Harvesting: The Sliding Fascia Technique
Author(s) -
Ishikawa Norihiko,
Watanabe Go,
Tomita Shigeyuki,
Ushijima Teruaki,
Yamaguchi Shojiro,
Nishida Satoru,
Kikuchi Yujiro,
Kawachi Kenji
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
artificial organs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.684
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1525-1594
pISSN - 0160-564X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2009.00893.x
Subject(s) - internal thoracic artery , forceps , medicine , blood flow , fascia , surgery , artery , biomedical engineering , anatomy , radiology , bypass grafting
Robotic skeletonizing and harvesting of the internal thoracic artery, using the da Vinci surgical system, has a number of advantages over robotic pediculed ITA harvesting. The advantages include greater blood flow, a longer conduit, and less bleeding. The technique is facilitated by use of the EndoWrist spatula cautery and fine tissue forceps (Intuitive Surgical, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, USA). How the technique is performed is described in this report.