ArticleAnnals of thoracic surgery short reports2026
Standardization for Minimally Invasive Combined Aortic and Mitral Valve Surgery via a Right Minithoracotomy.
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Abstract
Surgeons have been reluctant to adopt minimally invasive combined aortic and mitral valve surgery through a minithoracotomy because of its complexity and prolonged cardiopulmonary bypass and aortic cross-clamping times. Our technique was designed to provide a close and frontal surgical visual field without the need for long-shafted specialized surgical instruments, thereby allowing a standardized and well-visualized surgical visual field in many cases. Here we describe the implementation of our minimally invasive combined aortic and mitral valve surgical procedure through a right minithoracotomy facilitated by the superior septal approach for mitral valve access.
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