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Table 2 Intraoperative results of great saphenous vein harvesting

From: Comparative results of endoscopic and open methods of vein harvesting for coronary artery bypass grafting: a prospective randomized parallel-group trial

Parameters

OVH (n = 115)

EVH (n = 113)

р

М ± SD

М ± SD

Total vein harvesting time, min

40.3 ± 15.8

31.8 ± 6.2

0.01

Vein harvesting time, min

18.3 ± 7.6

24.7 ± 5.5

0.03

Post-surgical wound closure time, min

21.1 ± 8.5

3.5 ± 0.7

0.002

Time of vein preparation, min

0.9 ± 1.5

3.7 ± 1.3

0.03

Harvested venous conduit length, cm

31.6 ± 9.4

37.3 ± 4.2

0.04

Skin incision length, cm

35.4 ± 10.2

6.3 ± 0.9

0.001