Aortic Valve replacement via Right Anterior mini-Thoracotomy: a
simplified approach to be less traumatic
Abstract
Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement is not just a metric of the
incision, but rather a holistic approach to minimize the surgical
trauma: our technique tries to reproduce the gold-standard conventional
procedure in terms of safety, effectiveness and operative times through
a small and different incision. Thanks to a thorough optimization, the
surgical times can be at least equal to the classic approach. We started
this technique about 10 years ago and after more than 1000 of aortic
valve replacement via right anterior mini-thoracotomy, we came up with
some tips&tricks to make this technique our approach of choice.