METHOD AND DEVICES FOR ENDOSCOPIC VESSEL HARVESTING

摘要

A method for removing a vessel from a patient's body comprises the steps of identifying the vessel to be removing and providing an incision in the patient's body near the identified vessel. An optical dissector is inserted through the incisio n and tissue is optically dissected away from the surface of the vessel with the optic al dissector. The optical dissector is then withdrawn from the body through the incision. An optical retractor is inserted into the body through the incision an d is used to retract the dissected tissue away from the surface of the vessel thereby providing space between the dissected vessel and the retracted tissue. The vesse l and its side branches are then dissected, ligated and transected and the vessel is t hen removed from the body through the incision.