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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004;127:1535
© 2004 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Letter to the editor

Saphenectomy wound complications: The real story

Keith B. Allen, MD

10590 N Meridian St, Suite 105, Indianapolis, IN 46290 USA

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To the Editor:

Olsen and colleagues,1 in a recent retrospective analysis, have suggested that the Society of Thoracic Surgeons database is a useful tool for tracking saphenous vein harvest site infections and determining predictors for this complication. They report a 4.5% wound complication rate after traditional open saphenectomy in 1980 patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting from 1996 through 1999. Although their article may accurately report wound complications identified while the patient is in the hospital, it . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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