Abstract

Minimally invasive coronary surgery offers benefits to the patient. Harvesting the internal mammary artery remains a challenging part of this procedure. We describe our technique for thoracoscopic harvesting of the left and right mammary arteries using routine endoscopic instruments. This is a non-robotic technique that might facilitate a more widespread growth of minimally invasive coronary surgery.

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