Robot-assisted cardiac surgery was safely performed in 50 patients with simple cardiac diagnoses, resulting in zero hospital mortalities and a median length of stay between five and seven days.
Observational (n=50)
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Is robot-assisted cardiac surgery using the da Vinci Surgical System safe and feasible for simple cardiac diagnoses?
Robot-assisted cardiac surgery using the da Vinci system is safe and feasible for simple cardiac procedures like mitral valve repair, ASD closure, and myxoma removal, with zero hospital mortality.
BACKGROUND: We report our initial experiences of robot-assisted cardiac surgery using the da Vinci Surgical System. METHODS: Between February 2010 and March 2014, 50 consecutive patients underwent minimally invasive robot-assisted cardiac surgery. RESULTS: Robot-assisted cardiac surgery was employed in two cases of minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass, 17 cases of mitral valve repair, 10 cases of cardiac myxoma removal, 20 cases of atrial septal defect repair, and one isolated CryoMaze procedure. Average cardiopulmonary bypass time and average aorta cross-clamping time were 194.8±48.6 minutes and 126.1±22.6 minutes in mitral valve repair operations and 132.0±32.0 minutes and 76.1±23.1 minutes in myxoma removal operations, respectively. During atrial septal defect closure operations, the average cardiopulmonary bypass time was 128.3±43.1 minutes. The median length of stay was between five and seven days. The only complication was that one patient needed reoperation to address bleeding. There were no hospital mortalities. CONCLUSION: Robot-assisted cardiac surgery is safe and effective for mitral valve repair, atrial septal defect closure, and cardiac myxoma removal surgery. Reducing operative time depends heavily on the experience of the entire robotic surgical team.
Kim et al. (Sun,) conducted a observational in Cardiac diseases requiring surgery (mitral regurgitation, atrial septal defect, cardiac myxoma, coronary artery disease) (n=50). Robot-assisted cardiac surgery using the da Vinci Surgical System was evaluated on Safety and feasibility (hospital mortality and complications). Robot-assisted cardiac surgery was safely performed in 50 patients with simple cardiac diagnoses, resulting in zero hospital mortalities and a median length of stay between five and seven days.