
Aleksey Kaabak
Bakulev National Medical Research Center of Cardiovascular Surgery , Russian FederationTitle: Clinical case: the traditional (open) and endoscopic methods of autovenous graft harvesting used simultaneously during coronary artery bypass grafting
Abstract
The article presents a
unique clinical case of using two methods of autovenous graft harvesting in one
patient at once: the traditional open method on the
right lower limb and the less invasive endoscopic method on the left lower limb
when performing coronary artery bypass grafting. According to the available
literature, the use of different methods for harvesting autovenous grafts in
one patient has not yet been presented. The article describes the immediate
results of the operation in the form of intraoperative angiography data and
postoperative scars condition. The issues of the quality of conduits harvested
by different methods, the position of endoscopic techniques in modern cardiac
surgery are discussed.