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Ann Thorac Surg 2002;73:1184
© 2002 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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^a Department of Thoracic Surgery, Karolinska Hospital, S-17176 Stockholm, Sweden

e-mail: jarle.vaage@ks.se

Both early and late pain problems are among the reasons why some surgeons have abandoned the conventional MIDCABG procedure. Other surgeons continue to perform MIDCABG but combine it with endoscopic takedown of the internal thoracic artery. The present study supports the hypothesis that the endoscopic (and robotic) procedure significantly reduces postoperative pain. This is not due to the analgesic regimen because the patients who experienced the least pain also had the lowest . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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