title: [Minimally invasive coronary bypass: experience at the Erasme Hospital in 1997-1998].
abstract: Since the launching of cardiopulmonary bypass in 1952 the landscape of cardiac surgery has been marked by a major milestone every ten years. Though most of the cardiopathies can be surgically treated with satisfactory results in up to 90% of the cases, we must try to improve the existing results. That means--Can we do better, cheaper and less invasive? Several new surgical approaches aiming at so doing are discussed in the present report: Minimally invasive direct coronary arterial bypass (MIDCAB) which is performed through a small anterior thoracotomy; Beating heart revascularization through sternotomy; Heart Port approach; Trans Myocardial Laser Revascularization (TMLR). Those new technologies respectively offer specific advantages to the existing therapies thus represent promising alternatives in selected subcategories of patients.
authors.affiliation: Hôpital Erasme, Service de Chirurgie Cardiaque, U.L.B.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: De Cannière
mesh_terms: D001530:Belgium; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D017721:Hospital Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome