This propensity matched single institution study compared conventional aortic valve replacement via a full sternotomy (CAVR) to minimal access aortic valve replacement (MAAVR) via an upper hemisternotomy. Over the eleven year study period a total of 2103 patients underwent isolated aortic valve replacement.
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Minimally Invasive Surgery
March 5, 2015
February 16, 2015
This video shows a very rare vascular injury occurring during VATS left upper lobectomy, and its repair. The case suggests some of the limitations of VATS procedures.
February 9, 2015
Shanda Blackmon, MD of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, shares a snapshot of what life is like as a general thoracic surgeon.
February 2, 2015
This study propensity-score matched patients from a cohort who underwent resection for stage I or II lung cancer and compared 175 pairs who underwent VATS or open lobectomy. The VATS group experienced shorter hospital length of stay, fewer complications, and more frequent discharge to home. Survival was similar.
January 12, 2015
This article shows that MIMVS is a safe approach with low morbidity and mortality that allows a high and durable repair rate with low reoperation rates and favorable short-term event-free survival
December 16, 2014
This video demonstrates the technique for performing a robot-assisted mediastinal mass resection for a bronchogenic cyst, and touches upon the pre-operatives studies, patient positioning, operative technique, and post-operative outcome.
December 10, 2014
Andrew Goodwin of James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, United Kingdom, discusses the MAVRIC trial, which is focused on the minimally-invasive manubrium-limited AVR procedure.
December 1, 2014
This video demonstrates a technique for a right video-assisted pneumonectomy.
November 12, 2014
This video presents the case of a 52-year-old man who was found to have a leaking bicuspid aortic valve and a 5.2 cm aneurysm extending from the aortic root to the proximal arch.
August 4, 2014
This video demonstrates a minimally invasive repair of a bicuspid aortic valve and ascending aortic aneurysm through the upper ministernotomy approach.