TY  - JOUR
T1  - VEin-graft harvesting technique in coronary artery bypass graft surgery—reply
AU  - Williams JB, Smith PK
Y1  - 2012/11/07
N1  - 10.1001/jama.2012.14018
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 1739
EP  - 1740
VL  - 308
IS  - 17
N2  - 
In Reply: Prospective randomized trials have found that endoscopic harvest for CABG surgery of a vein segment from the thigh results in less wound morbidity and improved cosmetic result compared with open harvest from the calf.1- 2 Consistent with the findings of these randomized trials, our observational study of 235 394 Medicare patients found the endoscopic harvesting technique to be associated with significantly reduced wound complications.

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.2012.14018
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.14018
ER  -