title: Video-assisted control of haemorrhage post coronary artery bypass surgery.
abstract: Excessive bleeding post coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) remains a major source of morbidity and mortality. Approaching this bleeding with a resternotomy, while necessary in the vast majority of cases, is associated with an increased incidence of infections and sternal wound complications. A thoracoscopic approach in select patients with a pleural based collection is described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: McCarthy
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Subbareddy
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Wood
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019106:Postoperative Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography; D012086:Reoperation; D020708:Thoracoscopes; D014741:Video Recording / Q000295:instrumentation*