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Short saphenous vein as a conduit in coronary artery bypass grafting

PSHC, King Fahd Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

What is the patency of the short saphenous vein when used for coronary artery bypass grafting?

I congratulate the authors for their effort to find out the patency rate of the short saphenous vein (SSV) when used as a conduit in coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) [1]. During my training in cardiac surgery in the early and mid-nineties in the UK, I personally harvested more than 30 short saphenous veins as conduits during CABG surgery. The indication for SSV harvesting as mentioned by the authors was ‘used or unsuitable long saphenous and other arterial conduits’. The harvesting of SSV was more common during the early and mid-nineties because radial artery harvesting as a conduit for CABG was not favored by many surgeons. With regard to the operative technique of harvesting, we used the technique of flexing the hip by an assistant. I agree with the authors in their conclusion that SSV may be considered as an alternative to brachial or cephalic vein in patients with unsuitable long saphenous vein, and unsuitable mammary or radial arteries.

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1. Jacob S, Kallikourdis A, El-Shafei H, Dunning J. What is the patency of the short saphenous vein when used for coronary artery bypass grafting? Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007; 6:783–786.[Abstract/Free Full Text]

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