Open versus endoscopic saphenous vein harvesting: Wound complications and vein quality

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1513-1516

  Crouch, John D ^a   O'Hair, Daniel P ^a   Keuler, James P ^a   Barragry, Thomas P ^a   Werner, Paul H ^a   Kleinman, Leonard H ^a  

^a ST LUKE S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CELLULITIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDEMA; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GRAFT PATENCY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPHOCELE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; SCAR FORMATION; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; VEINS;

EID: 0032747818     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)00947-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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