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This review summarizes the recent history and clinical results of using robotic telemanipulation systems to perform less invasive cardiac surgery with improved dexterity.
This review summarizes the recent history and clinical results of robotic applications in cardiac surgery as a less invasive alternative to median sternotomy.
May support robotic telemanipulation for less invasive cardiac surgery; leaves open need for RCTs to confirm benefits versus sternotomy.
Traditionally, cardiac surgery has been performed through a median sternotomy, which allows the surgeon generous access to the heart and surrounding great vessels. As a paradigm shift in the size and location of incisions occurs in cardiac surgery, new methods have been developed to allow the surgeon the same amount of dexterity and accessibility to the heart in confined spaces and in a less invasive manner. Initially, long instruments without pivot points were used, however, more recent robotic telemanipulation systems have been applied that allow for improved dexterity, enabling the surgeon to perform cardiac surgery from a distance not previously possible. In this rapidly evolving field, we review the recent history and clinical results of using robotics in cardiac surgery.
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Kypson et al. (2004) conducted a review in Cardiac surgery. Robotic telemanipulation systems was evaluated. This review summarizes the recent history and clinical results of using robotic telemanipulation systems to perform less invasive cardiac surgery with improved dexterity.
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