Robotic-assisted 3rd Time Redo-Mitral Valve Replacement

Publication date: Available online 22 March 2019Source: The Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAuthor(s): Robert Spiller, Trever Symalla, Mackenzie McCrorey, Husam H. BalkhyAbstractRobotic-assisted approaches in cardiac surgery are becoming an increasingly common form of minimally invasive surgery. Recent literature has shown robotic-assisted techniques to be superior to traditional sternotomy in infection rates, bleeding, length of hospital stay and postoperative quality of life. While there are a growing number of centers performing robotic mitral valve (MV) surgery this approach is usually reserved for first-time MV repair. In this case report, we present a patient with two previous MV surgeries complicated by a late paravalvular leak that was unsuccessfully treated with four Amplatzer devices. We performed a successful totally-endoscopic, robotic-assisted, 3rd time re-operative MV replacement in this challenging patient.
Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Source Type: research