title: [Minimally invasive direct cardiac surgery with the jakoscope retractor].
abstract: The authors present a surgical retractor named jakoscope, useful in the field of abdominal, urological, vascular, thoracic and cardiac surgery procedures. This multifunctional device offers the possibility to utilize Minimally Invasive Direct Access Surgical Technology (MIDAST) in the above mentioned surgical specialties. In their department the authors use the jakoscope retractor for aortic valve replacement, off-pump coronary bypass operations and radiofrequency pulmonary vein ablation by mini-thoracotomy approach. In this report they published for the first time their experience with jakoscope device in the field of cardiac surgery. In these operations the device assured adequate minimally invasive direct access, without complications.
authors.affiliation: Debreceni Egyetem, Orvos- és Egészségtudományi Centrum, Kardiológiai Intézet, Szívsebészeti Központ Debrecen. galajda@dote.hu
authors.forename: Zoltán
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Galajda
authors.forename: Géza
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jakó
authors.forename: Ronald
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: von Jakó
authors.forename: Arpád
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Péterffy
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery; D001900:Boston; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000266:history / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000266:history / Q000295:instrumentation; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000601:surgery; D013525:Surgical Instruments / Q000266:history; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000295:instrumentation