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

Abstract

Skeletonization results in reduced postoperative pain and dysesthesia and increased sternal perfusion at follow-up but does not produce increased conduit flow. ITA skeletonization may be a strategy for reducing morbidity after CABG.