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The technical aspect of the gastroepiploic artery graft skeletonization with the harmonic scalpel: the samurai
Hiroyuki Kamiya1, Go Watanabe, Shigeyuki Tomita
1Department of General and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Kanazawa University Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan. hkamiya88@yahoo.co.jp
The Heart Surgery Forum
|April 1, 2005
Abstract:
A novel skeletonization technique using the scissors-type harmonic scalpel (Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Cincinnati, OH, USA) is presented. This "samurai technique," which uses the harmonic scalpel by frequently turning over the scissors, facilitates the handling of the gastroepiploic artery, enlarges the caliber size, and allows easy skeletonization without any vessel injury.
