Does harvesting of an internal thoracic artery with an ultrasonic scalpel have an effect on sternal perfusion?
Makaleler > Tam Makale · 2007
Yazarlar: Erman PEKTOK, Mustafa CIKIRIKCIOGLU, Çağatay ENGİN, Gozde DAGLIOZ, Zehra ÖZCAN, Hakan POSACIOĞLU
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, SCI Expanded İndekslerine Giren Dergi, Uluslararası, Wos, 2007, cilt 134, ss 442-447
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.01.079
Özet
Objectives: Despite many animal and clinical studies to date, there is still debate on the effect of internal thoracic artery harvesting on postoperative sternal perfusion and thus healing. We performed a prospective clinical study to assess the postoperative sternal perfusion in patients who underwent surgical coronary revascularization by means of unilateral internal thoracic artery harvesting and to evaluate the effect of 2 harvesting methods, namely electrocautery and use of an ultrasonic scalpel.