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Endoscopic Vessel Harvesting During Coronary Bypass Surgery

A

Aalborg University Hospital

Status

Completed

Conditions

Coronary Arteriosclerosis

Treatments

Procedure: vein harvest

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT00235846
VN 2004/14

Details and patient eligibility

About

Conventional open vein harvesting from the legs during coronary artery bypass surgery result in wound complications among 30% of the patients. Endoscopic harvesting decrease the complication rate, but it remains to be shown whether this is also a fact among patient in whom only short segments of veingraft material is needed from the leg. We hypothesise that the rate of wound complications will be reduced and the patient satisfaction will be increased also among patients in whom only short vein segments are endoscopically harvested compared to conventional open vein harvesting.

Full description

Conventional open vein harvesting from the legs during coronary artery bypass surgery result in wound complications among 30% of the patients. Endoscopic harvesting decrease the complication rate, but it remains to be shown whether this is also a fact among patient in whom only short segments of veingraft material is needed from the leg. We hypothesise that the rate of wound complications will be reduced and the patient satisfaction will be increased also among patients in whom only short vein segments are endoscopically harvested compared to conventional open vein harvesting.

Preoperative demographic as well ass peri- and postoperative data are collected prospectively at 5-7 days and 1 month postoperatively. Wound complications are registered as well as post operative pain in the wound is evaluated using af visual analogue scale. Patients are evaluating the cosmetic results after wound healing.

Enrollment

132 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Elective coronary artery bypass surgery

Exclusion criteria

  • Leg wounds
  • Acute surgery
  • Previous vascular surgery
  • Combined surgery (valve + coronary)
  • Arterial revascularization

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

132 participants in 2 patient groups

Conventional vein harvest
Active Comparator group
Description:
Conventional open vein harvest from the lower leg
Treatment:
Procedure: vein harvest
Endoscopic vein harvest
Experimental group
Description:
Endoscopic vein harvest from the calf
Treatment:
Procedure: vein harvest

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