2009-06-10
14:39:34
Surgeons at the Heart Center out at the Regional Hospital are now using a new procedure for coronary artery bypass surgeries.
It involves an endoscopic tube with video camera through a small two centimeter incision on the leg to obtain veins used in the bypass surgery -- that's compared to the traditional method of a 15 to 30-cm incision to remove the vein.
The department head of cardiac surgery - Dr Marc Pelletier - says patients should experience less pain and a quicker recovery.
Heart Center surgeons have been performing the procedure since early last month.
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