Safety and efficacy of water jet technology for internal thoracic artery harvesting in coronary artery bypass grafting: Initial results
Water jet technology demonstrates feasibility and safety for ITA harvesting with excellent clinical outcomes and minimal tissue trauma. This thermal-free approach may offer advantages over conventional energy-based harvesting methods.
Authors
- Kohei Sumi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8803-8879)
- Yoshinori Nakahara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0766-5166)
- Tomohiro Iwakura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0733-0099)
- Ryogen Yun
- Makoto Ono
- Tatsuya Murai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5016-9259)
- Akira Marui
Institutions
- Sakakibara Hospital (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JTCVS Techniques
- Published
- 2025-11-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xjtc.2025.10.021
- Primary Topic
- Erosion and Abrasive Machining
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00