Minimally invasive revision for bleeding following totally endoscopic coronary surgery.
We report 2 cases of minimal invasive revision for postoperative bleeding following totally endoscopic coronary surgery (TECAB). In the first case the revision was performed totally endoscopically without additional incisions. In the second patient revision was performed via enlargement of the camera port to a minithoracotomy. Both revisions were successfully conducted without sternotomy. We demonstrated that the technique of minimal invasive revision can further reduce the rate of conversion to sternotomy in TECAB operations.
Schachner
Thomas
T
Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria. Thomas.Schachner@i-med.ac.at
Wiedemann
Dominik
D
Laufer
Guenther
G
Bonatti
Johannes
J
Bonaros
Nikolaos
N
D000368:Aged; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods*; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D019106:Postoperative Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation / Q000379:methods; D012371:Robotics / Q000379:methods*; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome