New instrument for robotic-enhanced skeletonized internal thoracic artery harvesting: Triangular hook

Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 73-75

  Ishikawa, Norihiko ^a   Sun, You Su ^a   Nifong, L Wiley ^a   Watanabe, Go ^b   Chitwood, W Randolph ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KANAZAWA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary artery surgery; Minimally invasive surgery; Robot; Skeletonized internal thoracic artery harvesting

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERY SURGERY; ARTICLE; DOG; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; NONHUMAN; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

EID: 34547461750     PISSN: 15569845     EISSN: 15590879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IMI.0b013e31803c9afe     Document Type: Article

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