Robotic surgery, an attractive option from ... I and II that compared the benefits and risks of percutaneous mitral valve repair using the MitraClip device (Evalve, Inc., CA, USA) compared with ...
In comparison to robotic surgery, which is performed through similar “keyhole" incisions ... surgery”), and is most often reinforced with a synthetic ring or band to support and remove tension on the ...
isolated mitral valve repair is now frequently performed via minimal access, such as hemisternotomy or right thoracotomy often with videoscopic or robotic assistance. These less invasive ...
The hearing in Newcastle heard Mr Nair was keen to work on robotic heart valve replacement surgery ... ran a higher risk being the first robotic mitral valve patient," he said.
A surgeon assisting a pioneering robot heart operation on a man who died "lost sense of time", an inquest has heard. Stephen Pettitt, 69, died after an operation to repair a mitral valve in his ...
Although there is a clear clinical need for transcatheter mitral valve replacement technologies, a number of challenges must be overcome before they can safely be used to treat patients with mitral ...