title: Two-Port Robotic Cardiac Surgery (TROCS) for Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) Using Cross-Arm Technique--TROCS ASD Repair.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  We successfully performed totally endoscopic atrial septal defect (ASD) repair via 2 ports, and we named this procedure two-port robotic cardiac surgery (TROCS).Methods and Results:A 51-year-old woman with secundum ASD underwent robot-assisted ASD repair under ventricle fibrillation without aortic cross-clamping. Two ports were placed in the right side of the chest, and 1 port was for the robotic endoscope. Two robotic instruments were inserted through another port and crossed while preventing them from colliding.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  TROCS ASD repair using a cross-arm technique was achieved safely with good clinical results and excellent cosmetic results.
authors: NewHeart Watanabe Institute.
authors: Norihiko
authors: N
authors: Ishikawa
authors: Go
authors: G
authors: Watanabe
authors: Tatsuya
authors: T
authors: Tarui
authors: Ryuta
authors: R
authors: Kiuchi
authors: Hiroshi
authors: H
authors: Ohtake
authors: Shigeyuki
authors: S
authors: Tomita
authors: Kenji
authors: K
authors: Kawachi
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D005260:Female; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D065287:Robotic Surgical Procedures