Efficacy and safety of robotic-assisted versus median sternotomy for cardiac surgery: results from a university affiliated hospital.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We aimed to report the experience of robotic-assisted cardiac surgery (RACS) using the Da Vinci robotic surgical system, meanwhile its efficacy and safety was also evaluated by comparing with traditional open-heart surgery (TOHS), thus to provide evidence for a broader application of RACS in clinical practice.

Methods

From July 2017 to May 2022, a total of 255 patients who underwent cardiac surgery assisted by Da Vinci robotic surgery system in the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, which included 134 males with an average age of 52.6±6.3 years and 121 females with an average age of 51.8±5.4 years. They were defined as the RACS group. By searching the hospital's electronic medical record information system, 736 patients with the same disease ty

SUBMITTER: Liu Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10183528 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature