Robotic surgery versus open-chest surgery for internal mammary artery harvesting and mitral valve surgery: clinical effectiveness

Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health
Record ID 32011000997
English
Authors' recommendations: For coronary artery bypass graft and mitral valve repair, robot-assisted surgical procedures take longer than open-chest techniques but result in faster recovery times and fewer complications.
Details
Project Status: Completed
Year Published: 2011
English language abstract: An English language summary is available
Publication Type: Not Assigned
Country: Canada
MeSH Terms
  • Humans
  • Mammary Arteries
  • Mitral Valve
  • Robotics
  • Tissue and Organ Harvesting
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