The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 3 , Pages 674-679 , March 2010

Skeletonized internal thoracic artery harvesting reduces chest wall dysesthesia after coronary bypass surgery

  • Phuong L. Markman, MBBS, BMedSci (Hons)

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac Surgical Research Unit, CJ Officer Brown Cardiothoracic Unit, Alfred Hospital, Australia
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  • Michael A. Rowland, FRACS

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac Surgical Research Unit, CJ Officer Brown Cardiothoracic Unit, Alfred Hospital, Australia
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  • Jee-Yoong Leong, MBBS

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac Surgical Research Unit, CJ Officer Brown Cardiothoracic Unit, Alfred Hospital, Australia
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  • Juliana Van Der Merwe, BCur, MPhil

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac Surgical Research Unit, CJ Officer Brown Cardiothoracic Unit, Alfred Hospital, Australia
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  • Elsdon Storey, DPhil, FRACP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Alfred Hospital, and Department of Medicine (Neuroscience), Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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  • Silvana Marasco, MS, FRACS

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac Surgical Research Unit, CJ Officer Brown Cardiothoracic Unit, Alfred Hospital, Australia
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  • Justin Negri, FRACS

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac Surgical Research Unit, CJ Officer Brown Cardiothoracic Unit, Alfred Hospital, Australia
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  • Michael Bailey, PhD, MSc (Stats)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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  • Franklin L. Rosenfeldt, MD, FRACS

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac Surgical Research Unit, CJ Officer Brown Cardiothoracic Unit, Alfred Hospital, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Franklin Rosenfeldt, MD, FRACS, Cardiac Surgical Research Unit, The Alfred, PO Box 315, Prahran, Victoria 3181, Australia.

Received 17 December 2008 ,Revised 5 March 2009 ,Accepted 29 March 2009.

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 Disclosures: None.

PII: S0022-5223(09)00997-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.03.066

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 3 , Pages 674-679 , March 2010

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