Skeletonized versus pedicled internal mammary artery: Impact of surgical technique on post CABG surgery pain

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1065-1069

  Bar El, Yaron ^a,b   Gilboa, Boaz ^a   Unger, Nina ^b   Pud, Dorit ^c,d   Eisenberg, Elon ^a,b,c  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c Haifa Medical Center Rothschild   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass graft; Internal mammary artery; Neuropathic pain; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PAIN; POST CABG PAIN SYNDROME; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION;

AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MAMMARY-CORONARY ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERIES; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 19344376499     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2005.02.016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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