title: Effects of intraoperative manual descending compressions on saphenous vein incision healing.
abstract: Many patients who undergo saphenous vein harvesting during aortocoronary bypass procedures experience saphenous vein incision site complications, such as hematoma formation. Twelve percent of the patients in this descriptive, comparative study developed hematomas in their saphenous vein incision sites. Contributing factors were age, smoking, diabetes, and intraoperative heparinization. An intraoperative nursing intervention (ie, manual descending compressions) did not decrease hematoma formation but warrants further investigation.
authors.affiliation: Hermann Hospital, Houston, USA.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Moody
authors.forename: B G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Cardwell
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Liehr
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000451:nursing*; D005260:Female; D006406:Hematoma / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D007430:Intraoperative Care / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013527:Perioperative Nursing; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011312:Pressure; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000601:surgery*; D014945:Wound Healing