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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2021

The Impact of Biomedical Engineering on the Development of Minimally Invasive Cardio-Thoracic Surgery.

Riccardo Cocchieri, Bertus van de Wetering, Marco Stijnen, Robert Riezebos, Bastian de Mol

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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Riccardo CocchieriHeart Center, OLVG Hospital, 1091 AC Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Bertus van de WeteringDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
Marco StijnenDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
Robert RiezebosHeart Center, OLVG Hospital, 1091 AC Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-8109-5483
Bastian de MolDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
LifeTec Group (Netherlands) · NLOLVG · NLAmsterdam University Medical Centers · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

(1) We describe the boundary conditions for minimally invasive cardiac surgery (MICS) with the aim to reduce procedure-related patient injury and discomfort. (2) The analysis of the MICS work process and its demand for improved tools and devices is followed by a description of the relevant sub-specialties of bio-medical engineering: electronics, biomechanics, and materials sciences. (3) Innovations can represent a desired adaptation of an existing work process or a radical redesign of procedure and devices such as in transcutaneous procedures. Focused interaction between engineers, industry, and surgeons is always mandatory (i.e., a therapeutic alliance for addressing 'unmet patient or professional needs'. (4) Novel techniques in MICS lean heavily on usability and safe and effective use in dedicated hands. Therefore, the use of training and simulation models should enable skills selection, a safe learning curve, and maintenance of proficiency. (5) The critical technical steps and cost-benefit trade-offs during the journey from invention to application will be explained. Business considerations such as time-to-market and returns on investment do shape the cost-benefit room for commercial use of technology. Proof of clinical safety and effectiveness by physicians remains important, but establishing the technical reliability of MICS tools and warranting appropriate surgical skills come first.

Indexed as

adaption and redesignbiomedical engineeringinnovation of toolsminimal injury cardiac surgeryR&D trade-offs

Identifiers

PMID34501325
PMCPMC8432110
OpenAlexW3196688637

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