Cardiovascular Surgery and Interventions 2016, Vol 3, Num 3 Page(s): 091-093
An alternative peripheral arterial cannulation in minimally invasive and robotic cardiac surgery

Burak Onan, Ünal Aydın, Ersin Kadiroğulları, Korhan Erkanlı

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, İstanbul Mehmet Akif Ersoy Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey

Keywords: Minimally invasive cardiac surgery; peripheral cannulation; robotic cardiac surgery
Peripheral cannulation is a major step for establishing of cardiopulmonary bypass in minimally invasive cardiac surgery and in certain open chest procedures. Traditionally, a transverse arteriotomy incision or a purse suture over the arterial wall can be used during open cannulation of the femoral artery. Herein, we present an alternative technique for femoral artery cannulation with the Seldinger method, which uses double-pledgeted horizontal sutures on the anterior wall of the femoral artery.

DOI : 10.5606/e-cvsi.2016.626