Robotic Heart Surgery

When medication and catheter-based treatments do not relieve your symptoms, surgery may be your only option for treatment for a range of heart conditions, including but not limited to mitral valve prolapse (MVP), atrial septal defect (ASD), and coronary artery disease.

Learning as much as possible about your surgical options, including minimally invasive alternatives to traditionally invasive surgery, may ease some of your concerns. While traditional surgery is often the most effective way to treat some disorders of the heart, lungs, and esophagus, there are a number of negative aspects in making a large incision, splitting the breastbone (sternum), and spreading the ribs to reach the thoracic (chest) cavity.

Fortunately, less invasive options have been developed for patients facing cardiac (heart) surgery. Many surgeons recognize the benefits of smaller incisions made between the ribs to perform coronary bypass surgery or to make repairs to the heart by actually visualizing cardiac procedures while they are being performed. A miniaturized video camera is inserted between the ribs to optimize visualization during the surgery.

Enter the da Vinci Surgical System - a system that provides surgeons and patients with the most effective, least invasive treatment alternative for even the most complex procedures, such as mitral valve repair. Among the many benefits of the da Vinci® cardiothoracic surgery are a reduced risk of infection, less blood loss, and less need for blood transfusions, along with a shorter hospital stay, less pain and scarring, a faster recovery, and a quicker return to your normal daily activities. Additionally, surgery with the da Vinci Surgical system offers the potential for a better clinical outcome...

Why Robotic Heart Surgery

We hope you never need heart surgery, but if you do it's important to know what options are available to you. This site provides an introduction to some of the approaches that are used today, with an emphasis on cardiac surgery performed with the da Vinci® Surgical System, a recent innovation that uses robotic instrumentation to allow cardiothoracic surgeons to operate through a smaller opening.

Minimally invasive techniques can be used for a variety of procedures, including coronary bypass surgery, mitral valve repair, atrial septal defect (ASD or PFO) closure, or mitral valve replacement. (The latter is performed in cases of mitral valve prolapse, a condition that occurs when the valve does not close properly in the left side of a patient's heart.) Not everyone is a candidate for minimally invasive surgery...

Benefits of Minimally Invasive Surgery

Minimally invasive surgery offers several advantages compared to open-chest procedures, including : -

• Faster return to normal activities. Rather than waiting several weeks to heal, patients can return to work or other activities much more quickly--usually within 10 days.

• Shorter hospital stay. Time spent in the hospital can sometimes be reduced by as much at 50 percent, compared to open procedures.

• No splitting of the breastbone ("cracking the chest"). Keeping the breastbone intact reduces the chance for post-surgical complications and infection.

• Smaller incisions. Depending upon the case, the operation may be performed through four to five fingertip-size incisions or through a 3- to 5-inch incision at the side of the chest. Traditional open-heart procedures require a longer incision down the center of the chest.

• Significantly less pain. Decreased damage to tissue and muscle results in less pain. Tylenol or aspirin are often enough to manage pain after some procedures.

• Elimination of the heart-lung bypass machine, in most cases. Avoiding the bypass machine decreases the risks for neurological complications and stroke.

• Minimal blood loss and less need for transfusion.

• Little scarring. Instead of a long chest scar, only a few tiny scars or a short, 3- to 5-inch scar remains.

Full Spectrum of Minimally Invasive Procedures

We're one of a handful of hospitals in the world that offers the complete range of minimally invasive procedures for heart conditions. Every member of our cardiac surgery team has specialized expertise in minimally invasive cardiac surgery...

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