We report the case of a 61-year-old man diagnosed in 2001 with rectal cancer (stage T3N1M0). The patient was treated with surgery, adjuvant chemotherapy and radiotherapy. In 2009, he was admitted to the urology department with a complaint of right hemiabdominal pain.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: The long-term advantages of multiple arterial grafts, particularly a third arterial conduit, for coronary artery bypass (CABG) are not clear. This study was designed to test whether multiple arterial grafts would provide better long-term outcomes when compared with approaches using fewer arterial conduits.
Methods: Between 1985 and 1995, prospective data were collected for 588 patients undergoing isolated CABG at our institution.