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    Use of a cutting stapler to excise a left atrial appendage in minimally invasive cardiac surgery

    A cutting stapler is a well-established instrument in many surgical fields. However, its efficacy and safety have not been proven yet in resecting a left atrial appendage (LAA) in minimally invasive cardiac su...

    Mamoru Orii, Soh Hosoba, Masayoshi Tokoro, Takahiro Ozeki, Riku Kato in Surgery Today (2021)

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    A novel ‘two-window’ technique to facilitate totally 3D-endoscopic mitral valve repair

    We describe our experience of a novel ‘two-window’ technique designed to assist in totally 3D-endoscopic mitral valve repair. A 10-mm trocar for a 3D-endoscope was inserted through the 4th intercostal space in...

    Soh Hosoba, Toshiaki Ito, Kenta Zaikokuji in Surgery Today (2020)

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    Surgical repair of Kommerell’s diverticulum and an aberrant subclavian artery

    The coexistence of Kommerell’s diverticulum and an aberrant subclavian artery (ASCA) is a rare congenital variation of the vascular structure. We report our experience of treating aneurysms associated with the...

    Soh Hosoba, Tomoaki Suzuki, Tohru Asai, Hiromitsu Nota, Satoshi Kuroyanagi in Surgery Today (2014)

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    Successful surgical management of coronary perforation requiring pulmonary artery separation

    A 73-year-old woman with type III coronary perforation caused by failed angioplasty underwent emergency operation. It was impossible to stop the bleeding from the beating heart because the proximal Cx, which w...

    Noriyuki Takashima, Tomoaki Suzuki in General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (2012)