Closed Chest Coronary Artery Bypass on the Beating Heart

Authors

  • Utz Kappert Department of Cardiac Surgery, Cardiovascular Institute, University of Dresden, Germany
  • Romuald Cichon Department of Cardiac Surgery, Cardiovascular Institute, University of Dresden, Germany
  • Vassilios Gulielmos Department of Cardiac Surgery, Cardiovascular Institute, University of Dresden, Germany
  • Jens Schneider Department of Cardiac Surgery, Cardiovascular Institute, University of Dresden, Germany
  • Ina Schramm Department of Cardiac Surgery, Cardiovascular Institute, University of Dresden, Germany
  • Joachim Nicolai Department of Anesthesiology, Cardiovascular Institute, University of Dresden, Germany
  • Sems-Malte Tugtekin Department of Cardiac Surgery, Cardiovascular Institute, University of Dresden, Germany
  • Stephan Schueler Department of Cardiac Surgery, Cardiovascular Institute, University of Dresden, Germany

Abstract

Minimally invasive surgical procedures have become a part of routine cardiac surgery. The surgical techniques have been developed for the treatment of coronary artery disease in order to minimize surgical trauma.

With the introduction of a 3-D-based totally endoscopically functioning system into minimally invasive cardiac (MIC) surgery, further reduction of skin incisions became possible and enhanced MIC techniques could be improved. Due to the 6° freedom of motion allowed by wrist-enhanced instruments and a newly developed endo-scopic stabilizer, totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass procedures on a beating heart became feasible.

We present here our initial series of totally endoscopic “off-pump” coronary artery bypass grafting in patients suffering from coronary artery single vessel disease. In all patients, the procedure was successfully performed via four 1 cm chest incisions as closed-chest procedures.

Published

2001-03-01

How to Cite

Kappert, U., Cichon, R., Gulielmos, V., Schneider, J., Schramm, I., Nicolai, J., Tugtekin, S.-M., & Schueler, S. (2001). Closed Chest Coronary Artery Bypass on the Beating Heart. The Heart Surgery Forum, 4(1), E89-E90. Retrieved from https://journal.hsforum.com/index.php/HSF/article/view/6317

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 1 (2001)

Section

Article
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