No-touch versus conventional vein harvesting techniques at 12 months after coronary artery bypass grafting surgery: multicenter randomized, controlled trial

M Tian, X Wang, H Sun, W Feng, Y Song, F Lu… - Circulation, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Vein graft occlusion is deemed a major challenge in coronary artery bypass
grafting. Previous studies implied that the no-touch technique for vein graft harvesting could …

A meta-analysis of minimally invasive versus traditional open vein harvest technique for coronary artery bypass graft surgery

SR Markar, R Kutty, L Edmonds… - … and thoracic surgery, 2010 - academic.oup.com
The long saphenous vein remains the most commonly used conduit in coronary artery
bypass surgery. Vein harvest is a critical component of this operation with significant …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of endoscopic versus open saphenous vein harvest technique on late coronary artery bypass grafting patient outcomes in the ROOBY (Randomized …

MA Zenati, AL Shroyer, JF Collins, B Hattler… - The Journal of Thoracic …, 2011 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: In the Randomized On/Off Bypass (ROOBY) Trial, the efficacy of on-pump
versus off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting was evaluated. This ROOBY Trial planned …

SUPERIOR SVG: no touch saphenous harvesting to improve patency following coronary bypass grafting (a multi-centre randomized control trial, NCT01047449)

S Deb, SK Singh, D de Souza, MWA Chu… - Journal of cardiothoracic …, 2019 - Springer
Background Single centre studies support No Touch (NT) saphenous vein graft (SVG)
harvesting technique. The primary objective of the SUPERIOR SVG study was to determine …

The influence of endoscopic vein harvesting on outcomes after coronary bypass grafting: a meta-analysis of 267 525 patients

P Sastry, R Rivinius, R Harvey… - European Journal of …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
In recent times, practice in cardiac surgery has shifted towards using endoscopic techniques
to harvest the saphenous vein from the leg for use as a bypass graft. A paper published in …

[HTML][HTML] Randomized trial of endoscopic or open vein-graft harvesting for coronary-artery bypass

MA Zenati, DL Bhatt, FG Bakaeen… - … England Journal of …, 2019 - Mass Medical Soc
Background 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 …

[HTML][HTML] Randomized trial of endoscopic versus open vein harvest for coronary artery bypass grafting: six-month patency rates

KL Yun, YX Wu, V Aharonian, P Mansukhani… - The Journal of thoracic …, 2005 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: We sought to compare the 6-month angiographic patency rates of greater
saphenous veins removed during coronary artery bypass grafting with the endoscopic vein …

Endoscopic vein harvesting for coronary artery bypass grafting: a systematic review with meta-analysis of 27,789 patients

AC Deppe, OJ Liakopoulos, YH Choi, I Slottosch… - journal of surgical …, 2013 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: To determine the current strength of evidence for or against endoscopic
vein harvesting (EVH) in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) …

Association between endoscopic vs open vein-graft harvesting and mortality, wound complications, and cardiovascular events in patients undergoing CABG surgery

JB Williams, ED Peterson, JM Brennan, A Sedrakyan… - Jama, 2012 - jamanetwork.com
Context The safety and durability of endoscopic vein graft harvest in coronary artery bypass
graft (CABG) surgery has recently been called into question. Objective To compare the long …

Intermediate-term outcomes of endoscopic or open vein harvesting for coronary artery bypass grafting: the REGROUP randomized clinical trial

MA Zenati, DL Bhatt, EM Stock, B Hattler… - JAMA Network …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Endoscopic vein harvesting (EVH) for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) was
introduced in the 1990s to reduce the rates of leg wound complications. 1 Technical mastery …