Skeletonized versus pedicled internal mammary artery: impact of surgical technique on post CABG surgery pain | Zendy

Yaron Bar-El | Zendy; B. Gilboa | Zendy; Nathan R. Unger | Zendy; Dorit Pud | Zendy; Eli Eisenberg | Zendy

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Skeletonized versus pedicled internal mammary artery: impact of surgical technique on post CABG surgery pain

Author(s) -

Yaron Bar-El,

B. Gilboa,

Nathan R. Unger,

Dorit Pud,

Eli Eisenberg

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303

H-Index - 133

eISSN - 1873-734X

pISSN - 1010-7940

DOI - 10.1016/j.ejcts.2005.02.016

Subject(s) - medicine , mammary artery , artery , surgery , incidence (geometry) , neuropathic pain , anesthesia , physics , optics

Recent evidence suggests that coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery often results in chronic chest wall pain, termed: 'post CABG pain syndrome' (PCP). Direct injury to intercostal nerves during the surgical procedure was presumed to underlie this syndrome. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of two harvesting techniques of the internal mammary artery (IMA)-skeletonization (S-LIMA) and pedicle (P-LIMA) on the occurrence and incidence of PCP.

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