Saphenous vein harvest with SaphLITE system versus conventional technique: A prospective, randomized study

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2018-2023

  Wang, Shaohua ^a   Tang, Hao ^b   Wilkinson, Vikki ^b   Lukat, Trish ^b   Gelfand, Elliot T ^b   Koshal, Arvind ^b   Modry, Dennis L ^b   Mullen, John C ^b   Hao, Chunhai ^b   Finegan, Barry A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND HEALING;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 20444409469     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.12.024     Document Type: Article

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