The preparation of saphenous veins for coronary artery bypass grafts.
Coronary grafting is the commonest operation nowadays performed in the Western world. Its success depends on the quality of the vein harvested; this task should be the duty of the most skilled surgeon of the team. This article lays down a rational quick efficient and successful technique so that the coordinated simultaneous procedures necessary in the early phase of a coronary graft operation result in an excellent vein in good time for its implantation in the heart.
D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007430:Intraoperative Care / Q000379:methods; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000379:methods; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000637:transplantation*