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Synergizing Antegrade Endoscopic with Bridging Vein Harvesting for Improvement of Great Saphenous Vein Graft Quality from the Lower Leg
Published on: November 19, 2019
Saphenous vein cannulation in re-redo cardiac surgery
Marco Agrifoglio1, Marco Gennari, Samer Kassem
1Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Cardiac Surgery Unit, University of Milan, Centro Cardiologico Monzino, IRCCS, Milan, Italy.
Abstract:
The widely used peripheral vein site of cannulation (i.e., the femoral vein) cannot always be employed in the setting of re-redo procedures. We propose a safe and simple surgical technique for a femoral vein cannulation using the greater saphenous vein as the inflow tract for the venous drainage in the setting of redo cardiac surgery.
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