
WithAScalpel - Fumiya Yoneyama, MD, PhD
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Surgical Simulation—From Basic Skills to Procedure-Specific Practice🎥 👉Repetitive practice of fundamental skills—needle handling, suture placement, and knot tying—builds the precision and economy of motion required in cardiac surgery. 👉Procedure-specific models, such as VSD patch closure, allow these basic skills to be integrated into a realistic operative sequence before performing them in the operating room.
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End-to-End Vascular Anastomosis 🤝🪡 👉Start the back wall first with controlled forehand bites, maintaining equal depth and spacing to prevent purse-string narrowing. 👉Using the opposite needle from the other side helps complete the circumference while managing diameter mismatch and graft alignment. Dr Luis Felipe Cabrera Vargas MD FACS Steven D Wexner MD, PhD Paula Ferrada MD FACS FCCM MAMSE American College of Surgeons Tom Varghese Jr. MD, MS, MBA, FACS, MAMSE 🇺🇸 BJS Academy RedCiruAndes
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Free-Hand Suturing—Control of the Arm, Hand, and Fingers🕊️ 👉In deep or restricted operative fields, there may be no place to rest the arm or hand, requiring precise suturing while keeping the upper limb suspended. 👉Accurate needle handling depends on coordinated control of the arm, hand, and fingers even without a fixed resting point.
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One-Handed Needle Control 👉One-handed push-and-pull motion guides the needle smoothly. 👉Gentle rotation and precise needle-driver control allow subtle adjustment of the needle direction. 👉A simple drill for refining needle advancement without forceps support.
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Respect the Tissue: A Fundamental Principle 👉Excellent threads by Ron Barbosa MD FACS showing how refined needle control preserves delicate tissue. 👉In grasping, needle driving, suturing, and tying, respect for tissue is essential. 🎥"Coronary artery bypass anastomosis": the coronary artery is paper-thin and fragile. Paula Ferrada MD FACS FCCM MAMSE Tom Varghese Jr. MD, MS, MBA, FACS, MAMSE 🇺🇸 Ron Barbosa MD FACS Julio Mayol Steven D Wexner MD, PhD RedCiruAndes Dr Luis Felipe Cabrera Vargas MD FACS
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End-to-Side Vascular Anastomosis: End-to-side anastomosis hinges on alignment and gentle handling. Size the arteriotomy, define heel and toe, then secure the far wall first to lock orientation. Use symmetric bites with uniform spacing, maintain tension, avoid intimal catching, and seat knots without strangulation.
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