Save or sacrifice the internal mammary pedicle during anterior mediastinotomy?

Save or sacrifice the internal mammary pedicle during anterior mediastinotomy?

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Ligation and dissection of internal mammary vessels is the most under-estimated complication of anterior mediastinotomy.However, patients requiring anterior CHERRY PLUM mediastinotomy may experience long survival that makes the development of ischemic heart disease throughout their life possible.Therefore, the un-judicial sacrifice of the internal mammary pedicle may deprive them from the benefit to have their internal mammary artery used Tortilla Bowl Makers as a graft in order to successfully bypass severe left anterior descending artery stenoses.

We recommend the preservation of the internal mammary pedicle during anterior mediastinotomy, which should be a common message among our colleagues from the beginning of their training.