How I do it: self-retaining atrial retractors for robotic and minimally invasive mitral valve surgery.
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.
Ishikawa
Norihiko
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Center for Robotics and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina 27858, USA. nori-i@mnx.jp
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You Su
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Nifong
L Wiley
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Watanabe
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Chitwood
W Randolph
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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*