ArticleJournal of thoracic disease2020
Totally endoscopic mitral valve repair using a three-dimensional endoscope system: initial clinical experience in Korea.
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- The impact of comorbidities on surgical outcome and mortality in minimally invasive mitral valve surgery: a systematic review.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Standardized totally endoscopic non-robotic mitral valve repair for degenerative mitral regurgitation: early single-center outcomes in 84 patients.Global cardiology science & practice · 2026Article
- Comparative outcomes of totally endoscopic versus direct vision mini-thoracotomy mitral valve repair: A propensity score-matched retrospective analysis.JTCVS open · 2026Article
- Totally endoscopic mitral valve replacement using two-dimensional endoscopic support and percutaneous peripheral cardiopulmonary bypass: a case report.Journal of medical case reports · 2026Article
- Mitral valve surgery and maze procedure: the Korean experience in rheumatic versus degenerative disease.Annals of cardiothoracic surgery · 2026Article
- Minimally invasive mitral valve surgery: standard vs. endoscopic approach.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Article
- Chordae Tendineae Approximation Technique for Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation with Severe Leaflet Tethering Using a Totally Endoscopic Beating-Heart Strategy: A Case Report.Journal of chest surgery · 2023Article
- A Novel Plug-Based Vascular Closure Device for Percutaneous Femoral Artery Closure in Patients Undergoing Minimally-Invasive Valve Surgery.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2021Article
- Outcomes of 3-Dimensional Total Endoscopic Surgery for Partial Atrioventricular Septal Defect in Children: A Single-Center Experience in Vietnam.Innovations (Philadelphia, Pa.)Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe lack of depth perception is a significant challenge in two-dimensional (2D) video-assisted/directed minimally invasive cardiac surgery (MICS). Accordingly, restoration of stereoscopic vision is potentially beneficial, and we present a single center experience of a three-dimensional (3D) endoscope system in cardiac surgery without robotic assistance.
methodsWe retrospectively reviewed the initial 40 consecutive patients who received totally endoscopic mitral valve (MV) repair using a 3D endoscope system between September 2017 and April 2019. The preoperative characteristics, operative data, and immediate postoperative outcomes, including echocardiographic results, were investigated.
resultsIn all the patients (n=40, 100%), successful MV repair using the standard repair techniques was achieved regardless of the location of the MV lesion as follows: anterior leaflet (n=8, 20.0%), posterior leaflet (n=15, 37.5%), and both leaflets (n=17, 42.5%). Concomitant tricuspid ring annuloplasty (n=9, 22.5%) and atrial fibrillation ablation (n=7, 17.5%) were performed. There was no mortality. One reoperation for bleeding occurred. One patient had a sternotomy conversion due to aortic dissection immediately after declamping. Postoperative mitral regurgitation (MR) grades were none or trace in 38 patients (95.0%) and mild in 2 patients (5.0%) on predischarge echocardiography.
conclusionsTotally endoscopic MV repair using a 3D endoscope system is technically feasible and safe on the basis of this initial experience.
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