The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
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J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. · Aug 2014
Harvesting bilateral internal thoracic arteries using a novel subxiphoid approach versus the conventional lateral thoracic approach--results of an experimental study.
A new method was developed to harvest bilateral internal thoracic artery grafts using a subxiphoid approach and robotic assistance. The present study compared the potential utility of the subxiphoid method with that of the lateral thoracic approach. ⋯ Because of the maximized lengths of the grafts and the duration of the procedure, the robot-assisted subxiphoid approach could be an effective method for performing minimally invasive myocardial revascularization in patients with multivessel disease.
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This study evaluated the effect of high selective bilateral vagotomy of hilus pulmonis with video-assisted thoracoscopy on asthma. ⋯ High selective bilateral vagotomy of hilus pulmonis with thoracoscope can effectively control asthma in dogs.