Morbid Obesity Does not Increase Morbidity or Mortality in Robotic Cardiac Surgery

Objective Morbid obesity (body mass index ≥ 35 kg/m2) usually confers a higher perioperative risk in cardiac surgery. Robotic cardiac surgery may have many advantages for these high-risk patients. Methods We retrospectively reviewed patients undergoing robotic cardiac surgery from July 2013 to April 2017 at our institution. We compared the outcomes of morbidly obese patients versus nonobese patients. Results A total of 486 patients underwent robotic cardiac surgery (322 men, median age = 65 years). The robotic procedures were the following: totally endoscopic beating heart coronary artery bypass (n = 263), mitral valve surgery (n = 138), arrhythmia surgery (n = 33), adult congenital surgery (n = 16), pericardiectomy (n = 11), and others (n = 25). The cohorts were divided into the following: normal weight (body mass index
Source: Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research