Safety and resource utilisation efficiency of semi-skeletonised versus skeletonised left internal mammary artery harvesting techniques: The BANGABANDHU study
The semi-skeletonised LIMA technique is advantageous as it significantly reduces harvesting time and requires fewer Ligaclips compared to the skeletonised technique.
Authors
- Asit Baran Adhikary (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3016-755X)
- Gie Ken‐Dror
- Riyaz A. Kaba (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2812-6049)
- Venkatachalam Chandrasekaran
- Redoy Ranjan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1927-5023)
- Md Kamrul Hasan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5800-0172)
- Sanjay Kumar Raha
- Aziz Momin
Institutions
- Royal Holloway University of London (GB)
- Bangladesh Medical University (BD)
- St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Ibrahim Cardiac Hospital & Research Institute (BD)
- National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (BD)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2025-09-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0331285
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Medical Research Council
- Biomedical Research Council