Factors associated with the surgical procedure of bypass grafting, such as vein graft harvesting and handling, and the size and condition of the conduit and target vessel, determine long-term ...

A vascular surgical technique designed to replace infected aortic grafts with the body's own veins has proved more ... procedures using synthetic and cadaver grafts. A vascular surgical technique ...

The vascular surgical procedure to replace infected aortic grafts with the body's own veins has been found to ... such techniques using synthetic and cadaver grafts. Aortic graft infections ...

A total of 1036 patients were included in the analysis (534 patients with radial-artery grafts and 502 patients with saphenous-vein grafts). After a mean (±SD) follow-up time of 60±30 months ...

Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is one of the most common operations performed, with a database indicating that in the United States, 163,048 patients had CABG surgery in 2008. The success ...

ATLANTA – Results of a VA Cooperative study suggested that both saphenous vein grafts and radial artery grafts resulted in graft opening at one year. Researchers randomly assigned 733 patients ...

The procedure involves removing the infected graft and replacing it with sections of femoral-popliteal veins harvested from ... found that the new synthetic or cadaver grafts tend to develop ...

Vein-graft harvesting with the use of endoscopy (endoscopic harvesting) is a technique that is widely used to reduce postoperative wound complications after coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG ...

MONDAY, May 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- A no-touch vein harvesting technique reduces vein graft occlusion and improves patient outcomes at three-year follow-up among patients undergoing coronary ...

At five years, 75 percent of vein grafts are functioning well, and at 15 years, 50 percent are still in good shape. Some last much longer. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.