Pedicled and skeletonized single and bilateral internal thoracic artery grafts and the incidence of sternal wound complications: Insights from the Arterial Revascularization Trial

The present Arterial Revascularization Trial substudy suggests that, with a skeletonization technique, the risk of sternal wound complication with bilateral internal thoracic artery grafting is similar to that after standard pedicled single internal thoracic artery harvesting, whereas skeletonized single internal thoracic artery harvesting did not add any further benefit when compared with pedicled single internal thoracic artery harvesting.