Safety and Efficacy of the Transaxillary Access for Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery-A Propensity Matched Competitive Analysis

Conclusions: The transaxillary access for MICS-MITRAL provides superior cosmetics and excellent clinical outcomes. It can be performed at least as safely and in the same time frame as conventional mitral surgery by sternotomy.PMID:36557053 | PMC:PMC9785245 | DOI:10.3390/medicina58121850

Source: Medicina (Kaunas) - December 23, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Ali Taghizadeh-Waghefi Sebastian Arzt Veronica De Angelis Jana Schiffarth Asen Petrov Matu š Tomko Konstantin Alexiou Klaus Matschke Utz Kappert Manuel Wilbring Source Type: research