Key result
Minimally invasive congenital heart surgery protocols highlight novel techniques and specialized equipment across age groups.
Why the study?
Improved surgical results and new interventional cardiology procedures have encouraged adoption of minimally invasive techniques in congenital heart disease surgery to reduce surgical insult and improve outcomes.
This article outlines institutional protocols for minimally invasive surgery in patients with congenital heart disease, aiming to reduce surgical insult and improve functional and cosmetic outcomes.
May assist protocol development for minimally invasive congenital heart surgery; leaves open the need for prospective outcome validation.
Surgery for congenital heart disease has changed considerably during the last decade. Improved surgical results in patients with simple congenital heart disease and new interventional cardiology procedures have stimulated the surgeon to adopt minimally invasive techniques with the aim of reducing the patient's surgical insult and obtaining good functional and cosmetic results. As a consequence, new surgical techniques and special equipment for minimally invasive heart procedures have been developed and refined in recent years. This article reports on our institutional protocols for minimally invasive surgery in children and adults with congenital heart disease.
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Vida et al. (2011) conducted a review in Congenital heart disease. Minimally invasive surgical techniques was evaluated. This article reviews institutional protocols for minimally invasive surgery in children and adults with congenital heart disease, highlighting new surgical techniques and special equipment.
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