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Mid-term and long-term outcomes of endoscopic versus open vein harvesting for coronary artery bypass: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Guanhua Li, Yu Zhang, Zhichao Wu, Zhaoyuan Liu, Junmeng Zheng

International Journal of Surgery · 2019

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Summary

The risks for all-cause mortality, in-hospital death, and MACE are similar between EVH and OVH. EVH increases conduit injuries and lowers mid-long term graft patency rates, however, study period, with growing surgical expertise, may be associated with better outcomes.

Source type
Peer-reviewed study
DOI
10.1016/j.ijsu.2019.11.003
Catalogue ID
SNmoh9mr2v-4x3dy6
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