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An Aid for Coronary Artery Bypass and Other Vascular Operations

Yoshio Sako, MD

AMA Arch Surg. 1974;108(3):380.

Abstract
A simple, lightweight, inexpensive, easy-to-construct, vascular suture bow will maintain a preset, self-centering tension on the vessel wall or the vessels being anastomosed, even on a beating heart, a feat that cannot be duplicated by an assistant. Though designed for coronary artery surgery, the bow is useful for all anastomotic procedures, such as in organ transplant or peripheral arterial reconstructive surgery.

Author Affiliations
Minneapolis

From the Department of Surgery, Veterans Administration Hospital and the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Nov 2, 1973.

Reprint requests to Veterans Administration Hospital, 54 St and 48th Ave S, Minneapolis 55417 (Dr. Sako).

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