title: Robot-Assisted Mitral Valve Repair With Posterior Leaflet Extension for Rheumatic Disease.
abstract: Mitral valve repair has been one of the widely used applications of robotic surgery. Patients with rheumatic mitral disease usually present at an early age with thickening, retraction, or fusion of the leaflets and subvalvular apparatus. Robotic mitral repair can be feasible among this group of patients, rather than replacement. Herein, we describe a young woman who presented with rheumatic mitral valve insufficiency. A complex mitral repair with posterior leaflet extension with an autologous pericardial patch was successfully conducted using robot assistance.
authors.affiliation: From the Departments of *Cardiovascular Surgery and †Anesthesiology, Istanbul Mehmet Akif Ersoy Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Burak
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Onan
authors.forename: Unal
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Aydin
authors.forename: Zeynep
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Kahraman
authors.forename: Korhan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Erkanli
authors.forename: Ihsan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bakir
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D065287:Robotic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome