CHICAGO, IL—For patients undergoing CABG with vein grafts, endoscopic harvesting in expert hands is on par with traditional open-harvesting methods in terms of subsequent major adverse cardiac events, ...

Endoscopic harvesting of saphenous veins for use in CABG surgery has become standard practice worldwide. This strategy reduces postoperative infection and hospital stay, and increases patients' ...

Endoscopic vessel harvesting (EVH) is a minimally invasive procedure performed right before coronary artery bypass grafting, or bypass surgery. A physicians’ assistant (PA) typically performs the ...

Dr. McCarthy answers the question: 'What Is Mini-Invasive Vein Harvesting?' — -- Question: What is mini-invasive vein harvesting for bypass surgery? Answer: These days, when we take vein to do ...

LONDON, England—The “no-touch” harvesting technique for patients undergoing CABG surgery using a saphenous vein graft does not lower the risk of graft failure but is associated with a significantly ...

Abu Dhabi - UAE: Sheikh Khalifa Medical City (SKMC) managed by Cleveland Clinic is pleased to announce the performance of a number of successful cardiac surgeries using a new cutting-edge method for ...

‘No-touch’ vein harvesting significantly reduces the risk of graft failure up to three years after coronary artery bypass surgery compared with conventionally harvested vein grafts, finds a study from ...

The endoscopic device manufactured by Maquet was originally developed for harvesting of the saphenous vein and radial artery as conduits for coronary artery bypass graft surgery. These vessels are ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among patients undergoing CABG, the no-touch technique for vein harvesting reduced risk for vein graft occlusion ...

In what represents Vienna, Austria-based Valeriot GmbH’s first patenting, its founder and CEO, Michael Flatscher, describes their invention of a device, Autovein, for use in no-touch vein harvesting ...

When a modified surgical technique was used to gently remove sections of leg veins used in coronary artery bypass surgery, the grafts were less likely to become blocked and fewer people had a ...