Radial artery coronary bypass grafting: Surgical outcomes of an unexplored innovation in a developing country Authors Russell Seth Martins Year 5 Medical Student, Medical College, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan Laiba Masood Year 5 Medical Student, Medical College, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan Mabrooka Kazi Year 3 Medical Student, Medical College, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan. Mishal Gillani Year 5 Medical Student, Medical College, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan Ayesha Sadiq Year 5 Medical Student, Medical College, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan Hina Inam Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan. Saulat Hasnain Fatimi Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan DOI: https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.AKU-22 Abstract Objective: To explore postoperative outcomes, particularly prolonged length of hospital stay, in radial arterycoronary artery bypass graft patients in a tertiary-care setting.Methods: The pilot prospective cohort study was conducted at the Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, fromSeptember 2019 to September 2020, and comprised adult patients of either gender due to undergo coronary arterybypass grafting for coronary artery disease involving two or more vessels. The subjects approached for the use oftheir radial artery as a conduit. Prolonged length of hospital stay was defined as postoperative stay >9 days.Multivariable logistic regression was used to identify independent predictors of the length of hospital stay. Data wasanalysed using SPSS 21.Results: Of the 97 patients, 84(86.6%) were males. The overall mean age of the sample was 58.33±8.34 years. Meanlength of hospital stay was 8.10±2.37 days, and 23(23.7%) patients had prolonged stay. Higher age was a significantpredictor of prolonged hospital stay (p<0.05). Besides, 23(23.7%) patients developed acute kidney injury. There wasno incidence of wound, infection or deep venous thrombosis, while 1(1.03%) patient had to be reopened due toexcessive postoperative bleeding, and it represented the lone mortality.Conclusion: Patient age was found to be a significant predictor of prolonged hospital stay in patients undergoingradial artery coronary artery bypass graft, while almost a quarter of the sample was affected by acute kidney injury.Keywords: Coronary artery bypass graft, Radial artery, Prolonged length of stay, Acute kidney injury, Ejectionfraction. Continuous... Downloads Full Text Article Published 2022-02-08 How to Cite Russell Seth Martins, Laiba Masood, Mabrooka Kazi, Mishal Gillani, Ayesha Sadiq, Hina Inam, & Saulat Hasnain Fatimi. (2022). Radial artery coronary bypass grafting: Surgical outcomes of an unexplored innovation in a developing country. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 72(01). https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.AKU-22 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX Issue Vol. 72 No. 01 (2022): 7th AKU Annual Surgical Conference Section Pilot Study