Comparison of the Outcomes after Endoscopic Vein Harvesting Versus Open Vein Harvesting for Coronary Bypass Surgery

Abstract

Furthermore, EVH is shown to improve patient satisfaction and postoperative pain when compared with the OVH technique (class I, level A). Also, the EVH technique reduces the postoperative length of hospital stay (class I, level A). However, Two major trials, PREVENT IV trial and the ROOBY trial [4,5] associated the increase of major adverse cardiac events