Are wound healing disturbances and length of hospital stay reduced with minimally invasive vein harvest? A meta-analysis

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1015-1026

  Athanasiou, Thanos ^a   Aziz, Omer ^a   Al Ruzzeh, Sharif ^a   Philippidis, Pandelis ^a   Jones, Catherine ^a   Purkayastha, Sanjay ^a   Casula, Roberto ^a   Glenville, Brian ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endoscopy; Meta analysis; Minimally invasive; Randomised trials; Vein harvesting techniques; Wound healing disturbances

Indexed keywords

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEBRIDEMENT; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HEMATOMA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; NECROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SEROMA; VEIN GRAFT; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND DRAINAGE; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 7244245581     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2004.07.013     Document Type: Review

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