Clinical Impact of Surgical Wound Morbidity According to the Type of Saphenous Vein Harvesting Technique (Endoscopic vs. Open) in Patients Undergoing Myocardial Revascularization Surgery

Inclusion Criteria

• •Patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), alone or in combination with other surgery (valve or arrhythmia surgery), with or without cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), in which preoperative evaluation includes the plan to use a short saphenous vein segment (alone or in addition to arterial conduits).
• •Availability of a surgeon or cardiac surgery resident trained in endoscopic harvesting in the operating room.
• •Patients undergoing myocardial revascularization surgeries with or without extracorporeal circulation.
• •Patients undergoing concomitant cardiac valve replacement surgery, atrial fibrillation surgery, and others, in addition to CABG