Robotic off-pump totally endoscopic hand-sewn coronary artery bypass using in-situ bilateral internal mammary artery

Makoto Hashimoto; Takeyoshi Ota; Husam Balkhy

doi:10.1510/mmcts.2020.001

Robotic off-pump totally endoscopic hand-sewn coronary artery bypass using in-situ bilateral internal mammary artery

Multimed Man Cardiothorac Surg. 2020 Jan 2:2020. doi: 10.1510/mmcts.2020.001.

Authors

Makoto Hashimoto¹, Takeyoshi Ota¹, Husam Balkhy¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery, Section of Cardiac Surgery, The University of Chicago 5841S Maryland Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.

PMID: 31990160
DOI: 10.1510/mmcts.2020.001

Abstract

The tips and tricks of robotic totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass have not been fully described. In this video tutorial, we present our experience and provide information about technical considerations and other details that will help support surgeons interested in starting a totally-endoscopic coronary artery bypass surgery program.

Publication types

Case Reports
Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-Pump / methods*
Coronary Artery Disease / diagnostic imaging
Coronary Artery Disease / surgery*
Endoscopy / methods*
Humans
Male
Mammary Arteries / surgery
Middle Aged
Robotic Surgical Procedures / methods*