Abstract
Many types of atrial retractors are available in practice. Though they have been used routinely for all types of procedures requiring exposure of mitral valve, we felt that these being rigid and having a fixed design and size, not suitable in certain conditions of redo mitral valve procedures where the left atrium is too small to accommodate the retractor. Moreover atrial wall in such situation is more fragile that little more pull on the retractor would cause tear in the wall of the atrial tissue. We have made a novel flexible type of retractor which can be assembled on the table with materials that are readily available in a cardiothoracic operating room.
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