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Ann Thorac Surg 1989;47:924-925
© 1989 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Traumatic laceration of a saphenous vein graft: Successful surgical repair

Atsushi Harada, MD*, Takayuki Sakakibara, MD, Kimitoshi Horiba, MD, Hiroaki Takenaka, MD, Takao Ida, MD, Yoshio Obunai, MD

Division of Cardiac Surgery, Sakakibara Heart Institute, Tokyo, Japan

Accepted for publication December 30, 1988.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Harada. Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Second Department of Surgery, Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5 Sendagi Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan, 113.

Traumatic laceration of a saphenous vein grafted for coronary artery bypass is extremely rare. Successful surgical repair of a laceration was performed in a 64-year-old man who developed retrosternal hematoma from a saphenous vein graft after blunt injury to the chest.






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