A Minimally Invasive Cox-Maze Procedure Operative Technique and Results

How I do it: minimally invasive Cox-Maze IV procedure.

Minimally invasive Cox-maze procedure, beating-heart epicardial ablation, hybrid procedure and catheter ablation: a call for comparative evidence.

We read with great interest the paper by Je et al. [1] regarding minimally invasive surgical treatment for atrial fibrillation. This was a comprehensive systematic review pooling available data on the Cox-maze procedure, beating-heart epicardial ablation and hybrid procedure to compare their safety and efficacy. Based on 37 studies included in this review, Je et al. demonstrated that at 12-mont...

Clinical Results of Percutaneous Fixation of Pelvic and Acetabular Fractures: A Minimally Invasive Internal Fixation Technique

Background: The pelvic ring fractures (PRF) and acetabular fractures (AF) are among the major orthopedic injuriesassociated with high rates of morbidity and mortality. Open surgical stabilization is the standard treatment for themajority of these complications. Percutaneous minimally invasive surgical stabilization of the fractures has become anaccepted treatment method for th...

Minimally invasive surgery for atrial fibrillation-Wolf Mini Maze procedure.

Minimally invasive technique for bronchoplastic procedure.

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