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Objective: The robotic cardiac surgery program at our current institution began in 2013 with an experienced and dedicated team. This review analyzes early outcomes in the first 1103 patients. Methods: We reviewed all robotic procedures between July 2013 and February 2021. Primary outcomes were morta...

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Main Authors: Husam H. Balkhy, MD, Sarah Nisivaco, BS, Gianluca Torregrossa, MD, Hiroto Kitahara, MD, Brooke Patel, APN, Kaitlin Grady, PA-C, Charocka Coleman, APN
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Sarah Nisivaco, BS
Gianluca Torregrossa, MD
Hiroto Kitahara, MD
Brooke Patel, APN
Kaitlin Grady, PA-C
Charocka Coleman, APN
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Sarah Nisivaco, BS
Gianluca Torregrossa, MD
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Charocka Coleman, APN
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description Objective: The robotic cardiac surgery program at our current institution began in 2013 with an experienced and dedicated team. This review analyzes early outcomes in the first 1103 patients. Methods: We reviewed all robotic procedures between July 2013 and February 2021. Primary outcomes were mortality and perioperative morbidity. Our robotic approach is totally endoscopic for all cases: off-pump for coronary and epicardial procedures, and on-pump with the endoballoon for mitral valve and other intracardiac procedures. Results: There were 1103 robotic-assisted cardiac surgeries over 7 years. A total of 585 (53%) were off-pump totally endoscopic coronary artery bypasses, 399 (36%) intracardiac cases (including isolated and concomitant mitral valve procedures, isolated tricuspid valve repair, CryoMaze, atrial or ventricular septal defect repair, benign cardiac tumor, septal myectomy, partial anomalous pulmonary venous drainage, and aortic valve replacement); 80 (7%) epicardial electrophysiology-related procedures (epicardial atrial fibrillation ablation, left atrial appendage ligation, lead placement, and ventricular tachycardia ablation); and 39 (4%) other epicardial procedures (pericardiectomy, unroofing myocardial bridge). Mortality was 1.2% (observed/expected ratio, 0.7). In the totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass and intracardiac groups, mortality was 1.0% (observed/expected, 0.6) and 1.5% (observed/expected, 0.87), respectively. There were 8 conversions to sternotomy (0.7%) and 24 (2.2%) take-backs for bleeding. Mean hospital and intensive care unit lengths of stay were 2.74 ± 1.26 days and 1.28 ± 0.57 days, respectively. Conclusions: This experience demonstrates that a robotic endoscopic approach can safely be used in a multitude of cardiac surgical procedures both on- and off-pump with excellent early outcomes. An experienced surgeon and team are necessary. Longer-term follow-up is warranted.
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spelling doaj-art-bf9f57b5737f4bcfa3ec1bab507af0e62025-08-20T03:38:25ZengElsevierJTCVS Techniques2666-25072022-06-0113748210.1016/j.xjtc.2021.12.018Multi-spectrum robotic cardiac surgery: Early outcomesCentral MessagePerspectiveHusam H. Balkhy, MD0Sarah Nisivaco, BS1Gianluca Torregrossa, MD2Hiroto Kitahara, MD3Brooke Patel, APN4Kaitlin Grady, PA-C5Charocka Coleman, APN6Address for reprints: Husam H. Balkhy, MD, Department Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Chicago, 5841 S. Maryland Ave E-500, Chicago, IL 60637.; Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IllDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IllDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IllDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IllDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IllDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IllDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IllObjective: The robotic cardiac surgery program at our current institution began in 2013 with an experienced and dedicated team. This review analyzes early outcomes in the first 1103 patients. Methods: We reviewed all robotic procedures between July 2013 and February 2021. Primary outcomes were mortality and perioperative morbidity. Our robotic approach is totally endoscopic for all cases: off-pump for coronary and epicardial procedures, and on-pump with the endoballoon for mitral valve and other intracardiac procedures. Results: There were 1103 robotic-assisted cardiac surgeries over 7 years. A total of 585 (53%) were off-pump totally endoscopic coronary artery bypasses, 399 (36%) intracardiac cases (including isolated and concomitant mitral valve procedures, isolated tricuspid valve repair, CryoMaze, atrial or ventricular septal defect repair, benign cardiac tumor, septal myectomy, partial anomalous pulmonary venous drainage, and aortic valve replacement); 80 (7%) epicardial electrophysiology-related procedures (epicardial atrial fibrillation ablation, left atrial appendage ligation, lead placement, and ventricular tachycardia ablation); and 39 (4%) other epicardial procedures (pericardiectomy, unroofing myocardial bridge). Mortality was 1.2% (observed/expected ratio, 0.7). In the totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass and intracardiac groups, mortality was 1.0% (observed/expected, 0.6) and 1.5% (observed/expected, 0.87), respectively. There were 8 conversions to sternotomy (0.7%) and 24 (2.2%) take-backs for bleeding. Mean hospital and intensive care unit lengths of stay were 2.74 ± 1.26 days and 1.28 ± 0.57 days, respectively. Conclusions: This experience demonstrates that a robotic endoscopic approach can safely be used in a multitude of cardiac surgical procedures both on- and off-pump with excellent early outcomes. An experienced surgeon and team are necessary. Longer-term follow-up is warranted.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666250722000748epicardialintracardiacminimally invasivemulti-spectrumrobotic cardiac surgeryTECAB
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Sarah Nisivaco, BS
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Hiroto Kitahara, MD
Brooke Patel, APN
Kaitlin Grady, PA-C
Charocka Coleman, APN
Multi-spectrum robotic cardiac surgery: Early outcomesCentral MessagePerspective
JTCVS Techniques
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minimally invasive
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robotic cardiac surgery
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title Multi-spectrum robotic cardiac surgery: Early outcomesCentral MessagePerspective
title_full Multi-spectrum robotic cardiac surgery: Early outcomesCentral MessagePerspective
title_fullStr Multi-spectrum robotic cardiac surgery: Early outcomesCentral MessagePerspective
title_full_unstemmed Multi-spectrum robotic cardiac surgery: Early outcomesCentral MessagePerspective
title_short Multi-spectrum robotic cardiac surgery: Early outcomesCentral MessagePerspective
title_sort multi spectrum robotic cardiac surgery early outcomescentral messageperspective
topic epicardial
intracardiac
minimally invasive
multi-spectrum
robotic cardiac surgery
TECAB
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666250722000748
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