SynthesisJournal of robotic surgery2019
The role of robotics in cardiac surgery: a systematic review.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Cardiac myxoma following transcatheter closure of an atrial septal defect.Proceedings (Baylor University. Medical Center) · 2024Article
- Robotic-Assisted Solutions for Invasive Cardiology, Cardiac Surgery and Routine On-Ward Tasks: A Narrative Review.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2023Review
- Visual analysis based on CiteSpace software: a bibliometric study of atrial myxoma.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2023Article
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- Robot-Assisted Repair of Atrial Septal Defect: A Comparison of Beating and Non-Beating Heart Surgery.Journal of chest surgery · 2022Article
- Total Thoracoscopic versus Robotic Surgery for Repair of Atrial Septum Defect: A Propensity Matching Score Analysis.Emergency medicine international · 2022Article
- Safe implementation of robotic-assisted minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass: application of learning curves and cumulative sum analysis.Journal of thoracic disease · 2021Article
- Robotic Coronary Revascularization is Feasible and Safe: 10-year Single-Center Experience.Heart views : the official journal of the Gulf Heart AssociationArticle
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Abstract
The application of robotic technologies in cardiac surgery has provided the possibility for minimally invasive access inside the thorax and avoidance of a median sternotomy. Given that current evidence seems promising, we sought to systematically review the existing literature regarding the efficacy, feasibility and mortality rate associated with robotic cardiac surgery. The PubMed and Cochrane bibliographical databases were thoroughly searched for the following MeSH terms: "robotic", "cardiac surgery" and "heart surgery". Original studies on robotic cardiac surgery in more than ten cases and reporting on the associated peri- or post-operative mortality were deemed eligible. Twenty-eight studies were included and provided data for 5993 patients with a mean age of 59.8 years. Approximately, one out of two patients (49.2%) underwent robotic CABG, while the other half (49.9%) underwent robotic MVR. Robotic atrial septal defect repair and atrial tumor resection were performed in a small proportion (0.9%) of the patients. Mean 30-day mortality was 0.7% ranging from 0 to 0.8% among the different types of surgery, while late mortality was 0.8% ranging from 0 to 1% with a mean follow-up period of 40.1 months. Our findings demonstrate that the application of robotics in cardiac surgery has provided a safe and efficacious alternative to the traditional techniques. However, more trials are necessary to elucidate all of its aspects.
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