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- Title
SIMULTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC RADIAL ARTERY AND GREAT SAPHENOUS VEIN HARVESTING FOR REDO CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING. A REPORT OF TWO CASES.
- Authors
Simek, Martin; Nemec, Petr; Marcian, Pavel; Gwozdziewicz, Marek; Fluger, Ivo
- Abstract
Aim: An ageing population and increase in patient co-morbidities are forcing cardiac surgeons to meticulously consider the benefi ts and risks of respective conduits and their harvesting techniques. Case reports: Two cases of simultaneous endoscopic radial artery and great saphenous vein harvesting, for redo coronary artery bypass grafting, are presented. A shortage of venous conduits after previous bypass grafting, as well as the presentation of several risk factors of wound-healing complications, favoured simultaneous utilisation of both endoscopic techniques. Conclusion: Endoscopic vessel harvesting together with the pre-harvesting duplex study is able to gain not only high-quality conduits but also minimize the risk of wound-healing and neurological disturbances associated the saphenous vein and radial artery harvesting.
- Subjects
AGING; OLD age; DEVELOPMENTAL biology; OLDER people; CORONARY artery bypass; MYOCARDIAL revascularization; CORONARY heart disease surgery; CARDIAC surgery; TRANSMYOCARDIAL laser revascularization
- Publication
Biomedical Papers of the Medical Faculty of Palacky University in Olomouc, 2007, Vol 151, Issue 2, p291
- ISSN
1213-8118
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5507/bp.2007.049