Safety and efficiency of trainees performing bilateral internal thoracic artery coronary bypass grafting using the T-graft technique
Our study demonstrates that training operations multiarterial coronary bypass grafting using bilateral internal thoracic arteries in T-graft technique are equally safe regardless of whether they are performed by consultants or trainees. Each trainee experiences an individual learning curve that falls within acceptable error rates and, therefore, the procedure can be safely learned directly.
Authors
- Maximilian Kreibich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3099-7254)
- Joseph Kletzer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1644-1754)
- Matthias Eschenhagen
- Albi Fagu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9317-4303)
- Laurin Micek
- Martin Czerny (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4766-9775)
- Matthias Siepe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3305-9343)
- Tim Berger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6263-9123)
Institutions
- University of Bern (CH)
- University of Freiburg (DE)
- Morpho (United States) (US)
- University Hospital of Bern (CH)
- University Medical Center Freiburg (DE)
- Universitäts-Herzzentrum Freiburg-Bad Krozingen (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
- Published
- 2024-12-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezae419
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.29