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Right-sided mini-thoracotomy for mitral valve surgery undergoes review detailing its surgical outcomes, indications, and limitations.
This review summarizes the development, surgical outcomes, indications, and limitations of minimally invasive mitral valve surgery via right-sided mini-thoracotomy.
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Mini-thoracotomy mitral valve surgery appears feasible in experienced centers; leaves open need for randomized trials versus sternotomy.
Minimally invasive approach in mitral valve surgery has been applied since the late 1990s. Considerable experience of mini-thoracotomy in cardiac surgery has been gained over this period. Stages of the development of minimally invasive cardiac surgery are reviewed in the article. Features of mitral valve surgery through right-sided mini-thoracotomy are discussed. Surgical outcomes of these procedures are reported considering data of various cardiac surgery centers. Moreover, the authors determined indications and limitations of this technique.
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Shcherbatyuk et al. (2019) conducted a review in Mitral valve disease requiring surgery. Right-sided mini-thoracotomy was evaluated. Right-sided mini-thoracotomy for minimally invasive mitral valve surgery is reviewed in terms of its development, surgical outcomes, indications, and limitations.
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