The no-touch saphenous vein with surrounding pedicle tissue harvesting technique
preserved endothelium and vessel wall integrity and demonstrated improved long-term …

A new 'no-touch'(NT) technique of saphenous vein (SV) preparation for coronary artery
bypass grafting (CABG) surgery was developed where the vein is harvested with a pedicle …

BACKGROUND: Composite Y-grafts, using the left internal thoracic artery as the inflow,
allow a more efficient use of conduits without the need to touch a diseased ascending aorta …

OBJECTIVES Since 2000, we anastomosed the saphenous vein graft to the right coronary
artery system using the stump of the right internal thoracic artery as inflow. The long-term …

Background Lack of autologous graft material restricts the ability to treat patients requiring
coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG). An off the shelf tissue engineered small diameter …

Objectives: In a long-term randomised coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) study, the
patency rate using a new 'no touch'(NT) vein-graft preparation technique was superior to the …

No-touch (NT) saphenous vein (SV) grafts are superior to SVs harvested by the conventional
technique (CT), with a patency comparable with the internal thoracic artery (ITA) …

Background Less-than-optimal long-term patency of the saphenous vein is one of the main
obstacles for the success of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Results from the …

Background. Vein trauma after saphenectomy by endoscopic or longitudinal techniques may
influence the progression of medial and intimal hyperplasia and ultimately affect graft …

Objective: This study was undertaken to examine the clinical feasibility of a newly developed
video-assisted endoscopic technique (Saitama–Olympus technique) to harvest saphenous …