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Journal of Cosmetics, Dermatological Sciences and Applications, 2012, 2, 32-37 /10.4236/jcdsa.2012.21008 Published Online March 2012 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/jcdsa) Cutaneous Manifestations at Saphenous Vein Harvest Site * among Iraqi Patients with Coronary Artery Bypass Graft 1# 2 3 Khalifa E. Sharquie , Adil A. Noaimi , Ali S. Alaboudi 1Iraqi Board for Medical Specializations, Medical Collection Office, Baghdad, Iraq; 2Department of Dermatology and Venereology, College of Medicine, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq; 3Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Baghdad Teaching Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq. Email: #ksharquie@yahoo.co.uk th st th Received November 11 , 2011; revised December 1 , 2011; accepted December 18 , 2011 ABSTRACT Background: Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) has become a common surgical procedure and increasingly done in Iraq. The greater saphenous vein (GSV) is the most veins often used as the conduit and its complications in- clude a variety of cutaneous manifestations. Objective: To report the cutaneous manifestations at the saphenous vein harvesting site in Iraqi patients who undergone CABG. Methods: A total of 100 (82 males, 18 females) patients who had undergone CABG using the saphenous vein (SV) harvested by longitudinal incision open technique at the legs and/ or thighs were included in this case descriptive study. All cases were seen at least two months after the time of the op- eration in the outpatient clinic of the Cardiac Surgery Department in the Ibn-Albitar Hospital during October 2009 - October 2010. A detailed history and close