An institution's initial experience with port-access minimally invasive cardiac surgery |
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Authors: | Mark A. Chaney MD Mihail P. Nikolov MD Michael Tuchek DO Mamdouh Bakhos MD |
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Affiliation: | Departments of Anesthesiology and Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL, USA |
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Abstract: | To assess the learning curve associated with Port-Access minimally invasive cardiac surgery. Retrospective. Single university hospital. Initial 10 patients undergoing Port-Access minimally invasive cardiac surgery. Minimally invasive cardiac surgery. All 10 patients experienced an uneventful intraoperative and immediate postoperative course. Only one patient experienced postoperative cardiovascular morbidity, which was an episode of new onset atrial fibrillation after mitral valve surgery that was successfully treated with pharmacologic therapy. Extubation times and postoperative discharge times were less than historic controls receiving the same anesthetic technique at the same institution. This institution's initial experience with 10 patients undergoing Port-Access minimally invasive cardiac surgery suggests an acceptable learning curve and decreased extubation and postoperative discharge times, which should translate into reduced health care costs. |
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Keywords: | minimally invasive cardiac surgery Port-Access cardiac surgery |
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