Minimally invasive, robotic, and off-pump mitral valve surgery

Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2006 Summer;18(2):139-47. doi: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2006.07.004.

Abstract

A significant transformation is occurring in the management of mitral valve disease. Earlier surgery is now recommended. Mitral valve repair is the standard of care, and newer methods of reconstructing the mitral valve are developing. Surgery with videoscopic assistance can be effectively performed without sternotomy. Robotics systems are gaining wider adoption. Implantable devices to repair or replace the mitral valve off-pump and percutaneously are emerging.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Cardiopulmonary Bypass
  • Heart Valve Diseases / surgery*
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation
  • Humans
  • Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures
  • Mitral Valve / surgery*
  • Plastic Surgery Procedures
  • Prosthesis Design
  • Robotics* / instrumentation
  • Stents
  • Suture Techniques
  • Thoracotomy / methods