Intuitive have announced the availability of a new robotic called the Da Vinci X. This will have all the technology of the Latest Xi but at lower cost.
Interesting development as Medtronic and Ethicon both prepare to bring their robotic platforms to the market in the coming months.
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Minimally Invasive Surgery
April 20, 2017
Peter Licht of Odense University Hospital, Denmark, discusses the increasing use of the VATS approach in general thoracic surgery, and considers potential future developments.
April 13, 2017
Thierry Carrel of University Hospital Bern, Switzerland, discusses outcomes of minimally invasive mitral valve surgery, and explores the possible contraindications of minimally invasive approaches.
April 12, 2017
This video demonstrates how VATS can be utilized for rib resection.
March 9, 2017
Mattia Glauber of Instituto Clinico Sant Amgrogio, Milan, Italy, argues in favor of the right anterior mini-thoracotomy approach for minimally invasive aortic valve replacement.
March 1, 2017
John Pepper of the Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals, London, United Kingdom, argues that there is not yet the evidence to support the superiority of minimally invasive aortic valve replacement over a full sternotomy approach.
February 27, 2017
This video demonstrates a technique for performing aortic and mitral valve replacements simultaneously through a partial sternotomy with an excellent exposure of the corresponding anatomical structures.
February 23, 2017
Christopher Young of St. Thomas' Hospital, London, UK, reviews the evidence for minimally invasive aortic valve replacement.
February 22, 2017
This video describes a bilateral uniportal VATS resection in a 32-year-old woman.
February 16, 2017
Tristan Yan of the Sydney Adventist Hospital, Sydney, Australia, and Martin Misfeld of the Leipzig Heart Institute, Leipzig, Germany, discuss their preferred methods for peripheral cannulation in minimally invasive cardiac surgery.