A prospective randomized trial of endoscopic versus conventional harvesting of the saphenous vein in coronary artery bypass surgery

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 204-212

  Kiaii, Bob ^a   Moon, Byung C ^a   Massel, David ^a   Langlois, Yves ^c   Austin, Thomas W ^a   Willoughby, Andrea ^a   Guiraudon, C ^a,b   Howard, Craig R ^a   Guo, L Ray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MOBILIZATION; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN SURGERY; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0036159915     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mtc.2002.118682     Document Type: Article

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