A randomized trial of endoscopic versus open saphenous vein harvest in coronary bypass surgery

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1509-1512

  Puskas, John D ^a   Wright, Carolyn E ^a   Miller, Philip K ^a   Anderson, Thomas E ^a   Gott, John Parker ^a   Brown III, W Morris ^a   Guyton, Robert A ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECCHYMOSIS; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VEINS;

EID: 0032746937     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)00952-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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