Key result
Self-retaining atrial retractors provide consistent left atrial exposure and prevent injury during minimally invasive mitral surgery.
Why the study?
Excellent and consistent exposure of the operative field is critical for successful robotic and minimally invasive mitral valve surgery, but optimal atrial retractors are needed.
The introduction of new self-retaining atrial retractors may improve surgical exposure and safety in minimally invasive and robotic mitral valve procedures.
May support evaluation of self-retaining retractors for robotic mitral exposure; leaves open need for comparative trials before adoption.
Successful surgery, particularly on the heart valves, is dependent on excellent and consistent exposure of the operative field. In this report, we describe 2 types of new atrial retractors designed for robotic and minimally invasive mitral valve surgery. These simple and easy-to-handle atrial retractors provide exceptional and consistent exposure of the left atrium in robotic and minimally invasive mitral valve surgery and prevent traumatic injury.
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Ishikawa et al. (2007) studied Robotic and minimally invasive mitral valve surgery. Self-retaining atrial retractors was evaluated. Two types of new self-retaining atrial retractors provide exceptional and consistent exposure of the left atrium in robotic and minimally invasive mitral valve surgery and prevent traumatic injury.
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