Endoscopic versus open saphenous vein harvest: A comparison of postoperative wound complications

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 523-528

  Bitondo, Jerene M ^a   Daggett, Willard M ^a   Torchiana, David F ^a   Akins, Cary W ^a   Hilgenberg, Alan D ^a   Vlahakes, Gus J ^a   Madsen, Joren C ^a   MacGillivray, Thomas E ^a   Agnihotri, Arvind K ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPHOCELE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; SEROMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND DRAINAGE;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REOPERATION; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; VEINS;

EID: 0036161717     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(01)03334-3     Document Type: Article

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