Endoscopic radial artery harvesting for coronary artery bypass grafting yields a better cosmetic result and improved patient satisfaction based on the first 300 patients to have the procedure at Lenox ...

October 29, 2008 (Toronto, ON) — Endoscopic harvesting of the radial artery for CABG surgery failed to significantly reduce wound infection when compared with traditional harvesting using the surgical ...

Vein-graft harvesting with the use of endoscopy (endoscopic harvesting) is a technique that is widely used to reduce postoperative wound complications after coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG), but ...

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Aug. 19 Starion Instruments, a leadingsurgical device company, today announced that a study presented at the 2008Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Society for Minimally ...

Endoscopic vessel harvesting (EVH) is a minimally invasive procedure performed right before coronary artery bypass grafting, or bypass surgery. A physicians’ assistant (PA) typically performs the ...

Long-term follow-up of patients who have undergone CABG surgery with radial artery grafts instead of saphenous vein grafts (SVGs) offers reassurance that forearm blood flow is preserved, with no ...

The endoscopic device manufactured by Maquet was originally developed for harvesting of the saphenous vein and radial artery as conduits for coronary artery bypass graft surgery. These vessels are ...

CHICAGO, IL—For patients undergoing CABG with vein grafts, endoscopic harvesting in expert hands is on par with traditional open-harvesting methods in terms of subsequent major adverse cardiac events, ...

Endoscopic harvesting of saphenous veins for use in CABG surgery has become standard practice worldwide. This strategy reduces postoperative infection and hospital stay, and increases patients' ...

CHANDIGARH: In a first in tricity, a new technique Endoscopic Vein Harvesting (EVH) has launched at a Panchkula private hospital. EVH technique can be very handy in heart bypass surgery where patients ...

The saphenous-vein graft is the most common conduit for coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG). The influence of the vein-graft harvesting technique on long-term clinical outcomes has not been well ...