title: Closed-chest, robotically assisted CABG.
abstract: Total endoscopic coronary artery bypass grafting is a robotic assisted procedure to graft the left internal thoracic artery to the left anterior descending coronary artery without opening the chest. Through four 1-cm port incisions the procedure can be performed on the beating heart using a telemanipulation system and an endoscopic vacuum stabilizer to locally immobilize the heart.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Heartcenter, University of Leipzig, Germany.
authors.forename: Volkmar
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Falk
authors.forename: Stephan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jacobs
authors.forename: Friedrich-Wilhelm W
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Mohr