Hybrid Robotic Coronary Surgery
Fig. 11.1 Hybrid operating room: this is a modern hybrid operating room with advanced robotic arm imaging capabilities—(Bon Secours St. Mary’s Hospital, Richmond, Virginia) (Photo by Doug Buerlein Photography; used…
Principles of Carpentier’s Reconstructive Mitral Valve Surgery
Fig. 12.1 The anatomical relationships of the anterior leaflet of the mitral valve, including the right and left fibrous trigone, the non-coronary and left coronary cusps; and the subvalvular apparatus…
The Hybrid Operating Room: A Multidisciplinary Team Approach
Fig. 10.1 The Vanderbilt hybrid operating room: a combined surgical operating room and catheterization laboratory Fig. 10.2 The Vanderbilt hybrid operating room: view from the anesthesia side. The C-arm radiographic…
Robotic Mitral Valve Replacement: Techniques and Results
Fig. 25.1 Robotic mitral valve replacement—PLA General Hospital Beijing: robotic instruments are inserted into the thorax as shown in this illustration and as described in Chap. 24 (Fig. 24.3). As…
Robotic Aortic Valve Replacement
Fig. 26.1 Incision and robotic instrument placement: after determining the aortic valve level from the preoperative CT scan, the working-port incision is made directly over the corresponding interspace. The robotic…
Simulation and Education in Cardiac Surgery
Fig. 32.1 Dual console da Vinci® SI robotic surgical system: the 3-D camera and instrument end-effectors can be controlled from either console. This is an ideal platform for both teaching…
Totally Endoscopic Coronary Bypass Surgery: Robotic Off-Pump (TECAB)
Fig. 8.1 Left-side port placement. Left-side instrument ports are used for grafting the left anterior descending (LAD), diagonal branches (DB), ramus branch (RB), and obtuse marginal (OM1 and OM2) vessels….
Neochord Replacement for Mitral Valve Repair
Fig. 17.1 Operative Set-up. A right fourth intercostal space mini-thoracotomy is used for access. Cardiopulmonary bypass is established using femoral canulation. A trans-thoracic cross clamp is used to arrest the…
Robotic Left Ventricular Lead Placement
Fig. 28.1 Robot-assisted Bi-ventricular lead placement—positioned patient with port-sites: the patient is placed in the left lateral decubitus position so that the back is aligned with the left side of…
Robotic Mitral Repair: Isolated Annular and Leaflet Calcium
Fig. 19.1 Leaflet prolapse with annular calcium – An islet of annular calcium is shown along with a flail posterior leaflet P2 segment due to ruptured chordae tendenae. Using robotic…
