Robotic cardiac surgery
Introduction Robotic cardiac surgery is a type of minimally invasive heart surgery. It’s done through small incisions in the chest, and it allows doctors to use robotic technology to operate on a beating heart. Robotic cardiac surgery can also be used for procedures like valve repair or replacement, coronary bypass grafting, mitral valve repair and other heart surgeries. What is robotic cardiac surgery? Robotic cardiac surgery is a type of minimally invasive heart surgery. The surgeon uses the robotic system to perform the procedure and sits at a console that controls the robotic arms. The patient is awake during the procedure and able to see, hear, and speak with their surgeon as they are being operated on. Robotic cardiac surgery is performed through two small incisions in your chest—one for placing instruments into your heart (left atrium) and another for placing a camera that allows you to watch live images of what’s happening inside your body on monitors placed near you bedside. W...