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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:820-821
© 2007 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Letter to the Editor

Reply to the Editor

Jamie Y. Jeremya, Gianni D. Angelinia, Song Wanb

a Department of Cardiac Surgery, The Bristol Heart Institute, The University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
b Department of Surgery, Prince of Wales Hospital, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

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In our pig model for studying vein graft thickening, we did not remove the adventitia1Go nor did we use the Gottlob method.1Go We agree, however, that the terminology relating to methods for harvesting saphenous veins for coronary artery bypass graft surgery has become misleading, both experimentally and clinically. Because it is impossible to employ a purely "no-touch" technique, the term "minimal touch" is more appropriate. Perhaps, "the Souza minimal-touch method" should be used in the future. Certainly, we fully accept the clinical data indicating that this latter method of harvesting saphenous veins improves vein graft patency.

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