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Minimally Invasive Saphenous Vein Harvest for Coronary Bypass Surgery

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery Dubai Hospital Dubai, UAE

For reprint information contact: Hossam Eldin Eid, MD Tel: 971 4 71 4444 Fax: 971 4 71 9340 Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Dubai Hospital, P.O. Box 7272, Dubai, UAE.

From September 1997 to January 1998, minimally invasive harvesting of the long saphenous vein was carried out on 30 randomly selected patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting. Two to 4 small skin incisions were made for subcutaneous dissection of the vein. The mean ratio of skin incision length to conduit length was 0.29 ± 0.01. The mean time for conduit preparation was 55 ± 2.6 minutes. Mean hospital stay was 9.2 ± 0.2 days. Morbidity in these patients was significantly lower than that of a control group of 100 patients who underwent the conventional open technique. The method was simple and effective in providing good quality venous conduits at low cost with improved patient satisfaction.