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Long-term Patency of Coronary Grafts with Endoscopically Harvested Saphenous Veins Determined by Contrast-Enhanced Electron Beam Computed Tomography. J. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004;127:823-8. Davis Z. et al.
Endoscopic saphenous vein harvesting, in addition to previous favorable reports on pain, complications, and costs, is shown to provide comparable or better patency rates in comparison with traditionally harvested veins.
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Continuous Graft Perfusion: Optimizing the Quality of Saphenous Vein Grafts. Heart Surgery Forum. 2002;5(4);S355-S361. Lamm, P et al.
In this 80-patient study, conventional vein harvest was compared to EVH and endothelial integrity was found to be superior when using EVH.
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Review of Efforts to Decrease Costly Leg Wound Complications in the Medicare Population Following Coronary Revascularization. Heart Surgery Forum 2003;6(4):258-263. Brandt, C et al.
In this retrospective study of 1,909 Medicare patients, a general trend is noted for EVH to have a lower treatment cost per patient than open technique.
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Financial Impact of Endoscopic Vein Harvest for Infrainguinal Bypass. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2003;37:323-330. Illig, K et al.
In this study with 242 patients, EVH was found to result in cost savings per procedure as compared to use of the open technique.
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Randomized Trial of Endoscopic Versus Open Vein Harvest for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Six Month Patency Rates. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2005;129:496-503. Yun, K et al.
This 200-patient study concluded that EVH reduces leg wound complications as compared to open technique without compromising the 6-month patency rate.
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