What Do You Know About Non-invasive Heart Valve Surgery?
Posted By Adam Pick On August 17, 2007 @ 8:39 pm In Heart Surgery Resources,Heart Surgery Video,Heart Valve Surgery,Medical Advances,Top Heart Surgeons | No Comments
There is a lot of discussion in the heart valve surgery community about noninvasive heart surgery. Given the publicity around robotic surgery devices (like the Da Vinci Surgical System [1]) and transcatheter valve replacements [2], I must admit… I’m a little jealous.
Okay. I’m not that jealous. But, it would be nice to have a three-inch scar versus a nine-inch scar. Even though my “zipper” is barely visible, there’s more to it than a simple scar. (Click here to see my heart valve surgery pictures. [3])
Noninvasive heart surgery procedures have a number of advantages for heart valve repair and heart valve replacement of valves including the aortic, mitral, pulmonary and tricuspid.
Such benefits include:
- Noninvasive heart valve surgery has a faster recovery time.
- Noninvasive heart valve surgery is not as traumatic to the body.
Keep on tickin!
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[1] Da Vinci Surgical System: http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/video-mitral-valve-repair-robots-surgery.php
[2] transcatheter valve replacements: http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/keyhole-aortic-valve-minimally-invasive-cardiac-surgery.php
[3] Click here to see my heart valve surgery pictures.: http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/picture-aortic-valve-surgery-pictures-patient.php
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