So most patients after a bypass operation, if we use the leg veins, the saphenous veins, there is some swelling afterward. But with time, your legs figure out what to do; it's like you're stuck in ...

Dr. Michael Acker answers the question: 'Why Bypass Surgery Instead Of Stents?' — -- Question: Why do some patients require bypass surgery instead of stents? Answer: There are some situations ...

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Aneurysm of a Saphenous-Vein Bypass Graft Authors: Donald Sutherland, M.D., and Peter C. Block, M.D. Author Info & Affiliations Published April 12, 2001 N Engl J Med 2001;344: 1139 ...

Postoperative recovery in elderly patients requires a longer period than that in younger patients. Although the surgical quality (number of grafts, clamp time, cardiopulmonary bypass time, and ...

In a retrospective cohort of 1787 veterans (of whom 73.1% were men) who had undergone Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and were matched with 5305 participants who had not undergone such surgery, the 564 ...

Cite this article Stafford-Smith, M., Newman, M. What effects do hemodilution and blood transfusion during cardiopulmonary bypass have on renal outcomes?. Nat Rev Nephrol 2, 188–189 (2006 ...