title: How I do it: self-retaining atrial retractors for robotic and minimally invasive mitral valve surgery.
abstract: Successful surgery, particularly on the heart valves, is dependent on excellent and consistent exposure of the operative field. In this report, we describe 2 types of new atrial retractors designed for robotic and minimally invasive mitral valve surgery. These simple and easy-to-handle atrial retractors provide exceptional and consistent exposure of the left atrium in robotic and minimally invasive mitral valve surgery and prevent traumatic injury.
authors.affiliation: Center for Robotics and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina 27858, USA. nori-i@mnx.jp
authors.forename: Norihiko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
authors.forename: You Su
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: L Wiley
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Nifong
authors.forename: Go
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: W Randolph
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Chitwood
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D012371:Robotics / Q000295:instrumentation*