Minimally Invasive Techniques are Safer Than Median Sternotomy

Torsten Doenst of the University Hospital Jena in Germany presents the argument for minimally invasive techniques over median sternotomy in the treatment of mitral valve disease.

This presentation was originally given during the SCTS Ionescu University program at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland. This content is published with the permission of SCTS. Please click here for more information on SCTS educational programs.

Enoch Akowuah sets the scene for the debate and discusses key aspects of the UK Mini Mitral Trial here.

Prakash Punjabi presents the argument for median sternotomy here.