Cold Skeletonised IMA Harvesting
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Acknowledgement
This CSiI Open Learning Venture video is educational content for students in India suitable for beginner trainee (M.Ch & DNB) as well as Physician Assistants in cardiac surgery. 

Videography by Dr. Siddhartha C. R., Yr-I M.Ch Trainee, Video compositing by Amit Mohan, National Resource Center, National Medical College Network, School of Telemedicine and Biomedical Informatics (STBMI), Lucknow. India.

    Prof Nirmal Gupta CSiI OLV National Teacher.
Introduction: Basic Surgical Skill Video: Cold skeletonised IMA harvesting for beginners (2nd-Year M.Ch and DNB Trainees) in cardiovascular surgery. In Cold technique of IMA harvesting diathermy use is completely avoided near the artery. This helps in the prevention of heat or inadvertent damage to the harvested conduit. Together with skeletonisation and undamaged arterial conduit is beneficial for achieving better long-term latency rates. This minimally edited full procedure video will help you to understand nuances, tips and tricks to harvest cold skeletonised  IMA for CABG operation in a atraumatic manner. Standard median sternotomy, its closure and anatomy of IMA is already explained and demonstrated to you in the previous video lectures. Please don't forget to give your feedback or suggestions in the form below. Prof Nirmal Gupta

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