Building a successful minimally invasive mitral valve repair program before introducing the robotic approach: The Massachusetts General Hospital experience.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients with mitral valve prolapse (MVP) requiring surgical repair (MVr) are increasingly operated using minimally invasive strategies. Skill acquisition may be facilitated by a dedicated MVr program. We present here our institutional experience in establishing minimally invasive MVr (starting in 2014), laying the foundation to introduce robotic MVr.

Methods

We reviewed all patients that had undergone MVr for MVP via sternotomy or mini-thoracotomy between January 2013 and December 2020 at our institution. In addition, all cases of robotic MVr between January 2021 and August 2022 were analyzed. Case complexity, repair techniques, and outcomes are presented for the conventional sternotomy, right mini-thoracotomy and robotic approaches. A subgroup analysis co

SUBMITTER: van Kampen A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10070799 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature