title: Minimally invasive mitral valve procedures: the current state.
abstract: Since its early days, cardiac surgery has typically involved large incisions with complete access to the heart and the great vessels. After the popularization of the minimally invasive techniques in general surgery, cardiac surgeons began to experiment with minimal access techniques in the early 1990s. Although the goals of minimally invasive cardiac surgery (MICS) are fairly well established as decreased pain, shorter hospital stay, accelerated recuperation, improved cosmesis, and cost effectiveness, a strict definition of minimally invasive cardiac surgery has been more elusive. Minimally invasive cardiac surgery started with mitral valve procedures and then gradually expanded towards other valve procedures, coronary artery bypass grafting, and various types of simple congenital heart procedures. In this paper, the authors attempt to focus on the evolution, techniques, results, and the future perspective of minimally invasive mitral valve surgery (MIMVS).
authors.affiliation: Darcy Sutherland Cardiothoracic Surgical Unit, Level 4, East Wing, Royal Adelaide Hospital, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia.
authors.forename: Bhuyan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ritwick
authors.affiliation: Darcy Sutherland Cardiothoracic Surgical Unit, Level 4, East Wing, Royal Adelaide Hospital, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia.
authors.forename: Krishanu
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chaudhuri
authors.affiliation: Darcy Sutherland Cardiothoracic Surgical Unit, Level 4, East Wing, Royal Adelaide Hospital, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia.
authors.forename: Gareth
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Crouch
authors.affiliation: Darcy Sutherland Cardiothoracic Surgical Unit, Level 4, East Wing, Royal Adelaide Hospital, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia.
authors.forename: James R M
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Edwards
authors.affiliation: Darcy Sutherland Cardiothoracic Surgical Unit, Level 4, East Wing, Royal Adelaide Hospital, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Worthington
authors.affiliation: Darcy Sutherland Cardiothoracic Surgical Unit, Level 4, East Wing, Royal Adelaide Hospital, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia.
authors.forename: Robert G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Stuklis