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Commentary: When will the robots come marching in?
Author(s) -
Rotar Evan P.,
Kron Irving L.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/jocs.15715
Subject(s) - bypass grafting , medicine , popularity , artery , surgery , general surgery , psychology , social psychology
Minimally invasive techniques for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), specifically robotic‐assisted CABG has increased in popularity despite conflicting evidence. Here, we review a report by Yokoyama and colleagues to the Journal of Cardiac Surgery investigating outcomes of robotic versus nonrobotic CABG utilizing the National Inpatient Sample (NIS).