title: Robotic surgery in cardiology: a safe and effective procedure.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the short and medium-term outcomes of patients undergoing robotic-assisted minimally invasive cardiac surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  From March 2010 to March 2013, 21 patients underwent robotic-assisted cardiac surgery. The procedures performed were: mitral valve repair, mitral valve replacement, surgical correction of atrial fibrillation, surgical correction of atrial septal defect, intracardiac tumor resection, totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass surgery and pericardiectomy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean age was 48.39±18.05 years. The mean cardiopulmonary bypass time was 151.7±99.97 minutes, and the mean aortic cross-clamp time was 109.94±81.34 minutes. The mean duration of intubation was 7.52±15.2 hours, and 16 (76.2%) patients were extubated in the operating room immediately after the procedure. The mean length of intensive care unit stay was 1.67±1.46 days. There were no conversions to sternotomy. There was no in-hospital death or deaths during the medium-term follow-up. Patients mean follow up time was 684±346 days, ranging from 28 to 1096 days.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Robotic-assisted cardiac surgery proved to be feasible, safe and effective and can be applied in the correction of various intra and extracardiac pathologies.
authors.forename: Robinson
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Poffo
authors.forename: Alisson Parrilha
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Toschi
authors.forename: Renato Bastos
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Pope
authors.forename: Alex Luiz
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Celullare
authors.forename: Anderson
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Benício
authors.forename: Claudio Henrique
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Fischer
authors.forename: Marcelo Luiz Campos
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Vieira
authors.forename: Alexandre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Teruya
authors.forename: Dina Mie
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Hatanaka
authors.forename: Gabriel Franzin
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Rusca
authors.forename: Marcia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Makdisse
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D012371:Robotics / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult