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Robert Harrington

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  • Endoscopic versus open vein-graft harvesting in coronary-artery bypass surgery.

    Lopes RD, Hafley GE, Allen KB, Ferguson TB, Peterson ED, Harrington RA, Mehta RH, Gibson CM, Mack MJ, Kouchoukos NT, Califf RM, Alexander JH. N Engl J Med. 2009; 361 (3): 235-44

    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 the long-term effects on the rate of vein-graft failure and on clinical outcomes are unknown.

    PubMedID: 19605828

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