We have shown that harvesting the long saphenous vein with a Mayo stripper does not compromise vascular reactivity of the long saphenous vein or long-term patency.
Within several weeks of use as coronary artery bypass grafts (CABG), saphenous veins (SV) exhibit significant intimal hyperplasia (IH). IH predisposes vessels to thrombosis and atherosclerosis, the...
By enabling the quantification of this issue as never before possible, optical coherence tomography screening revealed that intraluminal saphenous vein clot is frequently found after endoscopic vei...
Saphenous vein harvest wound complications: risk factors, identification, prevention and management Mohammad Salman Siddiqi Cardiothoracic Surgery Division, Department of Surgery, Sultan Qaboos Uni...
The no-touch saphenous vein with surrounding pedicle tissue harvesting technique preserved endothelium and vessel wall integrity and demonstrated improved long-term saphenous vein conduit patency t...
Minimally invasive great saphenous vein harvest for coronary artery bypass grafting aims to reduce post-operative leg-wound related morbidity. In a meta-analysis of randomised trials we have shown...
Endoscopic saphenous vein harvest represents a minimally invasive approach to obtain a suitable bypass conduit for coronary or extremity revascularization. Endoscopic vein harvest has been designed...
A comparison of the efficacy of 70% v/v isopropyl alcohol with either 0.5% w/v or 2% w/v chlorhexidine gluconate for skin preparation before harvest of the long saphenous vein used in coronary arte...
The small saphenous vein (also short saphenous vein or lesser saphenous vein ) is a relatively large superficial vein of the posterior leg. Structure The origin of the small saphenous vein...
backgroundThe longest incision used in surgery is the standard incision for harvesting the greater saphenous vein for arterial grafting. This long incision is associated with significant pain and m...