Exploratory study reveals that no-touch vein harvesting improves outcomes in CABG, indicating surgical advantages.
The NT technique for saphenous vein harvesting offers relevant perioperative advantages, including shorter harvesting time, reduced blood loss, and fewer early local complications, without adversely affecting operative time, major adverse cardiac events, wound infection, or one-year graft patency.
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