A meta-analysis of minimally invasive versus traditional open vein harvest technique for coronary artery bypass graft surgery

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 266-270

  Markar, Sheraz R ^a   Kutty, Ramesh ^a   Edmonds, Lyn ^a   Sadat, Umar ^a   Nair, Sukumaran ^a  

^a PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass graft surgery; Minimally invasive endoscopic; Saphenous vein harvest

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DATA BASE; GRAFT PATENCY; HEMATOMA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; META ANALYSIS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VEIN INJURY; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 75449120537     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2009.222430     Document Type: Article

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