Anesthesia for robotic repair of the mitral valve: a report of two cases.
We describe the anesthetic management of two patients who underwent successful mitral valve repair with use of a robot-assisted cardiac surgical technique. We describe the robot used, as well as the surgical procedure, and highlight aspects of the anesthetic management, in particular the need for one-lung ventilation and the utility of transesophageal echocardiography.
Mehta
Nutan
N
Departments of Anesthesiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, New York 10032, USA.
Goswami
Sumeet
S
Argenziano
Michael
M
Smith
Craig R
CR
Mets
Berend
B
D000328:Adult; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery; D012371:Robotics / Q000379:methods*