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. 1998 Aug;66(2):576-9.
doi: 10.1016/s0003-4975(98)00477-9.

Off-pump coronary bypass grafting: how to use the Octopus Tissue Stabilizer

E W Jansen  1 , J R Lahpor, C Borst, P F Gründeman, J J Bredée
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Off-pump coronary bypass grafting: how to use the Octopus Tissue Stabilizer

E W Jansen et al. Ann Thorac Surg. 1998 Aug.

Abstract

Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting requires immobilization of the coronary artery. A suction device (Octopus Tissue Stabilizer), attached to the epicardium and connected rigidly to the operating table rail, was used through limited and full surgical access for single-vessel and multivessel arterial revascularization, respectively. An outline for its application, as used by us to construct 122 anastomoses in 70 patients, including posterior wall grafting (in 9 patients) and sequential grafting on the anterior wall (in 17 patients), is presented.

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