Open AccessMinisternotomy: A preliminary experience in heart valve surgery
Author(s) -
P Kovarević,
Bogoljub Mihajlović,
Lazar Velicki,
Aleksandar Redžek,
Ivanović,
Nikola Komazec
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
vojnosanitetski pregled
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 2406-0720
pISSN - 0042-8450
DOI - 10.2298/vsp1105405k
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , cardiac surgery , median sternotomy , prospective cohort study , incidence (geometry) , anesthesia , optics , physics
The last decade of the 20th century brought up a significant development in the field of minimally invasive approaches to the valvular heart surgery. Potential benefits of this method are: good esthetic appearance, reduced pain, reduction of postoperative hemorrhage and incidence of surgical site infection, shorter postoperative intensive care units (ICU) period and overall in-hospital period. Partial upper median stemotomy currently presents as a state-of-the art method for minimally invasive surgery of cardiac valves. The aim of this study was to report on initial experience in application of this surgical method in the surgery of mitral and aortic valves.