Surgical Coronary Revascularization Using an Off-Pump, No-Touch Technique: The Cyclone (Hexalon) Experience

• 作者: Baron L. Hamman Jeffrey M. Schussler Theodore T. Theologes
• 来源期刊: 胸外科期刊(英文)
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: NO TOUCH Clampless Coronary BYPASS CABG ANASTOMOSES Stroke
• 年，卷（期）: 2014,（4）
• 页码范围: 94-99
• 页数: 6页
• 分类号: R73

摘要

The CycloneTM System (Castlewood Surgical, Inc., Concord, MA) is a novel device that facilitates the attachment of the saphenous vein onto the ascending aorta for the purpose of creating a bypass graft during a coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) operation. It allows the surgeon to perform a hand-sewn anastomosis with no disruption of the intima of the aorta, and no need for partial clamping. During a 36-month period 109 CABG operations were performed, and the CycloneTM System (and its predecessor, the HexalonTM) was utilized to create 138 proximal anastomoses. This study demonstrates that this is a safe and effective method of creating a clampless, no-touch proximal anastomoses during off-pump CABG.