Endoscopic vs. conventional vein harvesting: First results with a new, non-disposable system

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 321-327

  Lutz, Christoph W ^a   Hillmann, R ^a   Lutter, G ^a   Schoellhorn, J ^a   Beyersdorf, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endoscopic; Minimal invasive; Saphenectomy; Video assisted; Wound complications

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND HEALING;

AGED; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0035687829     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2001-19005     Document Type: Article

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