Endoscopic saphenous vein harvesting and surgical site infections after coronary artery bypass surgery

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Antonio Salsano et al. Ann Transl Med. 2018 Nov.

. 2018 Nov;6(Suppl 1):S37.

doi: 10.21037/atm.2018.09.51.

¹ Division of Cardiac Surgery, IRCCS-Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.

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Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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