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Robotic-assisted totally endoscopic mitral valve plasty successfully repaired severe mitral valve regurgitation caused by rare isolated clefts in both leaflets in a 21-year-old female.
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This case report demonstrates the feasibility of using a robot-assisted totally endoscopic technique to treat a rare mitral anomaly involving isolated clefts of both leaflets.
May support robotic endoscopic repair in rare bilateral mitral clefts; leaves open need for larger studies on durability and applicability.
A 21-year-old female patient referred to our institute had been suffering from severe mitral valve regurgitation due to a rare anomaly: a typical cleft at the posterior mitral leaflet and the other partial one at the anterior leaflet. We successfully fixed the mitral valve using the robot-assisted totally endoscopic technique which could perform suture closure of both leaflets and annuloplasty. This communication is the first report of the robotic and totally endoscopic procedure which could treat this rare mitral anomaly.
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Ishikawa et al. (2022) conducted a case report in Severe mitral valve regurgitation due to isolated clefts of mitral valve leaflets (n=1). Robotic-assisted totally endoscopic mitral valve plasty was evaluated on Successful repair of the mitral valve (suture closure of both leaflets and annuloplasty). Robotic-assisted totally endoscopic mitral valve plasty successfully repaired severe mitral valve regurgitation caused by rare isolated clefts in both leaflets in a 21-year-old female.
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