Key result
Robotic mitral valve plasty achieves safe repair and excellent cosmesis after traumatic Barlow's disease rupture.
Why the study?
Mitral regurgitation due to blunt chest trauma in Barlow's disease requires effective surgical treatment approaches, but reports on robotic mitral valve plasty in this context are limited.
Case Report (n=1)
Robotic mitral valve plasty can be safely and effectively performed for severe mitral regurgitation caused by blunt chest trauma in patients with Barlow's disease.
May support robotic repair in select traumatic MR with Barlow's disease; leaves open need for larger studies before wider use.
We successfully treated a case of mitral regurgitation due to chest trauma in Barlow's disease. A 71-year-old man was admitted with severe mitral regurgitation after blunt compression of the chest by a heavy object 5 months earlier. Preoperative examination revealed wide chordae tendineae rupture and myxomatous changes to the bileaflets. Neo-chordae reconstruction of the anterior mitral leaflet using loop technique, triangular resection of the posterior mitral leaflet, and ring annuloplasty was performed via surgical robot. Robotic mitral valve plasty for severe mitral regurgitation due to chest trauma in Barlow's disease was achieved safely with good clinical and excellent cosmetic results.
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Ishikawa et al. (2017) conducted a case report in Mitral regurgitation due to chest trauma in Barlow's disease (n=1). Robotic mitral valve plasty was evaluated on Clinical and cosmetic results. Robotic mitral valve plasty was safely achieved with good clinical and excellent cosmetic results in a patient with severe mitral regurgitation due to chest trauma in Barlow's disease.
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