title: [Minimal cardiac surgery].
abstract: In general surgery, the aim of new techniques is to reduce the length of the skin incisions and/or to use endoscopic or laparoscopic instruments. The cardiac surgery makes not an exception. During the last two years, the material and the techniques are following a progressive evolution. Concerning the cardiac surgery of the adult, three techniques which are the mini-incision or thoracotomy and the surgery of the port-access are in full evolution. We describe the advantages and disadvantages.
authors.affiliation: Université de Liège, Service de Chirurgie cardio-vasculaire.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Grenade
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D062109:Dermatologic Surgical Procedures; D004724:Endoscopy; D005112:Extracorporeal Circulation; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D013249:Sternum / Q000601:surgery; D013906:Thoracoscopy; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods