[HSF] Sympathy anyone.......

[David Harris]

 wrote:

  ``I also have done a
> few Bio-Bentall - I try to get someone to sew the
> valve> on to the conduit while I am doing something
> else.``

For a bio-Bentall its easier to tag the graft to the
valve with 2 simple sutures, to hold it in place. Then
pass your valve sutures simultaneously through the
valve and graft. This works very well. 

Dr. David G. Harris, FCS, MMED,
Cardiothoracic Surgeon        
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