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→Entire thoraco-abdominal pluck: fix sp.
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**''Triticeous'' is pronounced ''tri-tish´us''.<ref>URL: [http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/triticeous http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/triticeous]. Accessed on: 15 September 2010.</ref> | **''Triticeous'' is pronounced ''tri-tish´us''.<ref>URL: [http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/triticeous http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/triticeous]. Accessed on: 15 September 2010.</ref> | ||
== | ==Dissection of thoraco-abdominal pluck== | ||
===Process=== | ===Process=== | ||
#Place organ pluck with anterior aspect down. | #Place organ pluck with anterior aspect down. | ||
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#Cut through aorta distal to left subclavian artery. | #Cut through aorta distal to left subclavian artery. | ||
#Separate aorta from pluck. | #Separate aorta from pluck. | ||
#Open IVC to | #Open IVC to diaphragm. | ||
#*Check renal veins. | #*Check renal veins. | ||
#Separate IVC. | #Separate IVC. | ||
#Take down | #Take down esophagus using blunt dissection (to separate from thorax). | ||
#Separate thorax and abdomen - by dissecting through pleural adhesions, cut through pericardium. | #Separate thorax and abdomen - by dissecting through pleural adhesions, cut through pericardium. | ||