1. da Vinci bedside setup for mitral valve surgery
da Vinci bedside setup for mitral valve surgery. (A and B) A 3- to 4-cm incision is made in the inframammary fold. The chest is entered via the fourth intercostal space. Ports are positioned around the incision for the left and right robot arms, the left atrial retractor and the camera. A cardioplegia line is inserted either through the incision or above the camera port. Carbon dioxide floods the field through an angiocatheter posterior to the right arm port and a flexible sucker placed through the incision returns blood to the bypass machine.
Source: Chapter 44. Minimally Invasive and Robotic Mitral Valve Surgery, Cardiac Surgery in the Adult, 4e
Citation: Cohn LH. Cardiac Surgery in the Adult, 4e; 2012 Available at: Accessed: November 15, 2017
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