Robotic Cardiac Surgery: What the Young Surgeon Should Know.
(2020) Revista Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular — Vol. 35, n° 35, p. VI-VIII (2020)
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- (en) Since the introduction of minimally invasive cardiac surgery in 1995, robotic systems have gained popularity. The first successful cases were reported in 1998 by Carpentier[1] and Mohr[2], who independently performed mitral valve surgery using prototypes from the da Vinci Surgical System (Intuitive Surgical Inc., Sunnyvale, California, USA). Shortly thereafter, the first generation of devices received FDA approval and, in the years ensuing, new generations were released. Apart from avoiding sternotomy and using small portal incisions instead, robotic tele-manipulators provide three-dimensional (3D) and magnified visualization. [...]
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Van den Eynde, J., Melly, L., Torregrossa, G., & Oosterlinck, W. (2020). Robotic Cardiac Surgery: What the Young Surgeon Should Know. Revista Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular, 35(35), VI-VIII. https://doi.org/10.21470/1678-9741-2020-0437 (Original work published 2020)