Video-assisted observation in mitral valve surgery

Video-atlas on robotically assisted mitral valve surgery.

Minimally invasive video-assisted mitral valve surgery: a 12-year, 2-center experience in 1178 patients.

OBJECTIVE To review a 2-institution experience with minimally invasive mitral valve surgery over a 12-year period. METHODS We prospectively collected data on all patients having minimally invasive mitral valve surgery through a right minithoracotomy between May 1996 and May 2008. RESULTS A total of 1178 patients included 941 (79.9%) patients having mitral valve repair and 237 (20.1%) having...

Video-assisted minimally invasive mitral valve repair: periareolar approach.

1. Coordinator of the Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery Program of the Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein – São Paulo – SP. Coordinator of the Cardiac Surgery Service of the Hans Dieter Schmidt Hospital – Joinville – SC. Master’s Degree in Surgical Clinics at Federal University of Paraná. 2. Cardiovascular Surgeon of the Hans Dieter Schmidt Hospital – Joinville – SC. Robinson POFFO1, Renato Ba...

Video-assisted surgery via periareolar, mitral valve replacement and papillary muscle relocation with neochordae of PTFE

Background Cardiac surgery is looking for new techniques, which are less traumatic with better cosmetic and functional results. The minimally invasive mitral valve in the first procedure is rapidly becoming standard access in several centers around the word. The objective of this report is to show that this new technique can lead to an improved quality of life after surgery and therefore a quic...

Value of robotically assisted surgery for mitral valve disease.

IMPORTANCE The value of robotically assisted surgery for mitral valve disease is questioned because the high cost of care associated with robotic technology may outweigh its clinical benefits. OBJECTIVE To investigate conditions under which benefits of robotically assisted surgery mitigate high technology costs. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Clinical cohort study at a large multispecial...