Neurologic symptoms after great saphenous vein harvesting for coronary artery bypass grafting

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 707-711

  Budillon, Alessandro M ^a   Zoffoli, G ^a   Nicolini, F ^a   Agostinelli, A ^a   Congiu, S ^a   Beghi, C ^a   Gherli, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass; Neuralgia; Saphenous vein

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERESTHESIA; INCIDENCE; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEURALGIA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SENSATION; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SEX RATIO; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TIME; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERESTHESIA; INCIDENCE; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 1042291977     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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