Endoscopic greater saphenous vein harvesting reduces the morbidity of coronary artery bypass surgery

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 183, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 576-579

  Felisky, Chance D ^a   Paull, Daniel L ^a   Hill, Mark E ^a   Hall, R Alan ^a   Ditkoff, Mary ^a   Campbell, William G ^a   Guyton, Steven W ^a  

^a VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass; Endoscopic vein harvest; Greater saphenous vein; Saphenous vein harvest; Wound infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC VEIN HARVESTING; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0036277565     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(02)00835-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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