Innovations in Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
A special issue of Medicina (ISSN 1648-9144). This special issue belongs to the section "Surgery".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 April 2023) | Viewed by 16450
Special Issue Editors
Interests: heart failure surgery; heart and lung transplantation; ECLS; MCS (short and long term); minimally invasive cardiac surgery; reconstructive valve surgery; aortic surgery; bypass surgery; innovations in surgery
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Interests: ventricular assist devices; artificial hearts; heart failure surgery; redo cardiac surgery; heart and lung transplantation; extra corporeal life support; aortic and mitral valve surgery; minimally invasive surgery; critical care
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Throughout the past decades, Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery (MICS) underwent a substantial transformation, leading to its advancement. Following its introduction in the cardiac surgical field, MICS was welcomed with major enthusiasm and eagerness for its application. Indeed, numerous benefits have been attributed to MICS, including a reduction in pain, a decrease in the length of hospital stay, and less need for blood products. Nevertheless, concerns were raised regarding the potential for major complications and extended operative times occurring in complex operative cases.
These concerns in relation to patient safety were able to be partially addressed through technological innovation covering surgical instrumentation, robotic technology, and perfusion techniques, thus facilitating the transition from open-heart surgery to MICS. While MICS has been illustrated to be a safe and effective treatment, its efficacy is still a matter of discussion when compared to standard sternotomy cardiac surgery. In fact, most of the early published literature covering MICS consisted of surgical techniques or small case series reports. Nonetheless, late reports analyzing long-term outcome data of MICS illustrated its safety, durability, and in most cases its feasibility when compared to open-heart surgery.
In the following special issue, the technological progress made in the field of MICS is considered and updates are offered on all the main areas of cardiac surgery covering MICS, with particular attention towards both its current state and future direction.
Prof. Dr. Aron-Frederik Popov
Prof. Dr. Alexander Weymann
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- endoscopic heart surgery
- reconstructive valve surgery
- minimally invasive cardiac surgery
- MIDCAB
- multivessel MIS surgery
- MIC ablation surgery
- robotic cardiac surgery
- aortic surgery
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