Syed Asadullah Hussaini, Mubashir Ahmed.
Experience with ross basket device for single right atrial venous cannulation in coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
J Surg Pak Jan ;17(3):107-11.

Objective: To describe the experience of using single right atrial venous cannulation using Ross basket for cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) during coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. Study design: Descriptive case series. Place & Duration of study: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Karachi Institute of Heart Diseases and Cardiac Care Centre Karachi, from March 2009 to December 2011. Methodology: A total of 450 CABG surgeries were undertaken with Ross basket single right atrial venous cannulation. Patient’s demographic data, clinical status and outcome variables (conversion to dual-stage venous cannulation, cross-clamp time, CPB time, length of hospital stay) were retrospectively gathered. Continuous variables were reported as the mean ± standard deviation (SD) and categorical variables were reported as percentages. Statistical analysis was done by using SPSS version 17. Results: A total of 450 CABG were performed during the study period. Mean age of the patients was 55.07 ± 9.8 year. There were 364 (80 %) males in this series. Ross basket device was successfully used in total 447 cases. The mean EF was 48.2 ± 11.2%, mean aortic crossclamp time was 58.5 ± 12.8 minutes and the mean CPB time was 118.8 ± 25.8 minutes. Only 9 (2%) cases were reopened for bleeding. Post operative length of stay at hospital was 5.9 ± 1.6 days. Conclusions: Ross basket is a safe, convenient, cheap and effective reusable alternative to dual stage venous cannula. It can be used in more than 95 percent cases undergoing CABG surgery, without any disadvantage or additional risk.

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