Is minimally invasive harvesting of the great saphenous vein for coronary artery bypass surgery a cost-effective technique?

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 809-815

  Rao, Christopher ^a   Aziz, Omer ^a   Deeba, Samer ^a   Chow, Andre ^a   Jones, Catherine ^a   Ni, Zhifang ^a   Papastavrou, Leonidas ^a   Rahman, Shamim ^a   Darzi, Ara ^a   Athanasiou, Thanos ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENDOSCOPY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WOUND HEALING;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 40949155495     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.09.042     Document Type: Article

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