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Right minithoracotomy provides a feasible institutional approach to minimally invasive mitral valve repair.
Describes an institutional approach to minimally invasive mitral valve repair via right minithoracotomy, highlighting potential advantages such as faster recovery and lower morbidity compared to median sternotomy.
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May inform minithoracotomy mitral repair protocols; leaves open need for randomized comparisons to sternotomy.
Glauber et al. (2009) studied Mitral valve disease requiring surgery. Minimally invasive mitral valve surgery via right minithoracotomy was evaluated. This article demonstrates an institutional approach to minimally invasive mitral valve repair through a right minithoracotomy in the 3rd or 4th intercostal space.
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