VIDEO SPOTLIGHT – ROBOTIC HEART VALVE REPAIR OF THE MITRAL VALVE (Vaughn Starnes, MD)
February 18th, 2007Hey everybody,
I thought you might want to see some of the latest technology used by surgeons for mitral valve repairs. The minimally invasive mitral valve repair procedure using robots and robotic processing has several advantages versus the traditional cracked sternum approach – faster healing, less pain, etc.
In this video, you will see Doctor Vaughn Starnes of USC Medical center use robots to perform a mitral valve repair. I will let Doctor Starnes use the video to show and tell you about the mitral valve repair using the Da Vinci Surgical System. Here’s the link:
Keep on tickin!
Adam
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| About The Author: Adam Pick is a double, heart valve surgery patient and author of The Patient's Guide To Heart Valve Surgery. This unique book integrates clinical research with the personal experiences of 135 former patients to help future patients and their caregivers better understand the problems, the opportunities and the realities of heart valve surgery. To learn more about Adam and his heart valve surgery book, click here. |
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