Endoscopic saphenous vein harvesting: Initial experience and learning curve

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1086-1089

  Vrancic, Juan Mariano ^a   Piccinini, Fernando ^a   Vaccarino, Guillermo ^a   Iparraguirre, Eduardo ^a   Albertal, Jorge ^a   Navia, Daniel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO CARDIOVASCULAR DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEVICE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INFECTION; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SKIN INCISION; SKIN NECROSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VASCULAR ACCESS; VEIN BYPASS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOSCOPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; OBESITY; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 0033807009     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(00)01747-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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