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Vessel Skeletonization

Vessel Skeletonization is a microsurgical technique in vascular surgery that involves the meticulous dissection and isolation of a blood vessel from its surrounding adventitial tissue and vasa vasorum, preserving only the vessel’s structural framework to minimize trauma and optimize graft patency in bypass procedures.

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2017–2026

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57

Skeletonized Internal Thoracic Artery Harvest Reduces Pain and Dysesthesia and Improves Sternal Perfusion After Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

Munir Boodhwani, B-Khanh Lam, Howard J. Nathan et al. · Circulation · 2006 · 181 citations · Full text

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Bilateral skeletonized internal thoracic artery grafts in patients with diabetes mellitus

Menachem Matsa, Yosef Paz, Jacob Gurevitch et al. · Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery · 2001 · 160 citations · Full text

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Should the “elephant trunk” be skeletonized? Total arch replacement combined with stented elephant trunk implantation for Stanford type A aortic dissection

Zhigang Liu, Li‐Zhong Sun, Qian Chang et al. · Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery · 2005 · 159 citations · Full text

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Free flow capacity of skeletonized versus pedicled internal thoracic artery grafts in coronary artery bypass grafts1

Olaf Wendler, Dietmar Tscholl, Qi Huang et al. · European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery · 1999 · 99 citations · Full text

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Considerations in the skeletonization technique of internal thoracic artery dissection

James M. Cunningham, Mohammad A. Gharavi, Rostam Fardin et al. · The Annals of Thoracic Surgery · 1992 · 95 citations

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Authors

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  1. TA
    Tohru Asai

    Shiga University of Medical Science, Japan

    5 publications · 240 citations

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  2. TK
    Takeshi Kinoshita

    Shiga University of Medical Science, Japan

    5 publications · 240 citations

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  3. TS
    Tomoaki Suzuki

    Shiga University of Medical Science, Japan

    4 publications · 229 citations

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  4. NT
    Noriyuki Takashima

    Shiga University of Medical Science, Japan

    4 publications · 229 citations

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  5. GP
    Gianfederico Possati

    Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy

    3 publications · 110 citations

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Institutions

95

  1. Shiga University of Medical Science

    Ōtsu, Japan

    5 h-index

    30 publications

    1.6K citations

  2. Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

    Milan, Italy

    3 h-index

    20 publications

    703 citations

  3. Institute of Cardiology

    Warsaw, Poland

    2 h-index

    13 publications

    350 citations

  4. Juntendo University

    Tokyo, Japan

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    54 citations

  5. Juntendo University Hospital

    Tokyo, Japan

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    54 citations

  6. Hope Heart Institute

    Seattle, United States

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    133 citations

  7. Hôpital Saint Joseph

    Marseille, France

    2 h-index

    9 publications

    291 citations

  8. New Tokyo Hospital

    Matsudo, Japan

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    330 citations

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  1. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

    ATS · 18 publications · 865 citations

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  2. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery

    EJCTS · 5 publications · 256 citations

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  3. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

    5 publications · 405 citations

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  4. PubMed

    Repository · 4 publications · 58 citations

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  5. The Heart Surgery Forum

    HSF · 2 publications · 27 citations

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