Experience of Endoscopic Saphenous Vein Harvest in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
2007 Volume 18 Issue 4 Pages 227-229
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2007 Volume 18 Issue 4 Pages 227-229
Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is the most common procedure for adult cardiovascular surgery. Saphenous vein graft (SVG) is used as one of the conduits for CABG. Endoscopic saphenous vein harvest (ESVH) through small incision, could decrease wound complication, and give operation satisfaction for patients. Wound complications were observed, hematoma (1.6%), and lymphorrhea (0.8%), while no wound infection.
Post operative angiography, in our institution, the patency rate of SVG harvested by ESVH (90.0%) was as good as the other reports. And, there was no statistically difference between the endoscopic and traditional open harvest groups (90.0% vs 91.8%) in our experience.
ESVH is less invasive technique for CABG, and cosmetical benefit for patients with same patency.
