Lessons learned from robotic-assisted coronary artery bypass surgery: Risk factors for conversion to median sternotomy

Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 323-327

  Daniel, William T ^a   Puskas, John D ^a   Baio, Kim T ^a   Liberman, Henry A ^a   Devireddy, Chandan ^a   Finn, Aloke ^a   Halkos, Michael E ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CABG; Minimally invasive cardiac surgery; Robotic assisted CABG; Technical difficulties

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSION TO OPEN SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HEART ARREST; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LEARNING CURVE; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE CARDIAC SURGERY; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; PERICARDIOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROBOTICS; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL ERROR; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84872197095     PISSN: 15569845     EISSN: 15590879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IMI.0b013e31827e7cf8     Document Type: Article

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