Safe implementation of robotic-assisted minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass: application of learning curves and cumulative sum analysis

CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that integration of RA-MIDCAB in the surgical landscape can be safely achieved and complication rates can quickly be reduced below those expected in traditional CABG. Collective experience plays a key role in overcoming the learning curve when more complex procedures and cases are introduced.PMID:34422354 | PMC:PMC8339757 | DOI:10.21037/jtd-21-775

Source: Journal of Thoracic Disease - August 23, 2021 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Jef Van den Eynde Hannah Vaesen Bentein Tom Decaluw é Herbert De Praetere MaryAnn C Wertan Francis P Sutter Husam H Balkhy Wouter Oosterlinck Source Type: research