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Review
. 2018 Sep;100(Suppl 7):22-33.
doi: 10.1308/rcsann.supp2.22.

Robotics in cardiac surgery

A H Sepehripour  1 , G Garas  1 , T Athanasiou  1 , R Casula  1
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Review

Robotics in cardiac surgery

A H Sepehripour et al. Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2018 Sep.

Abstract

A summary of its uses in mitral valve surgery and coronary artery revascularisation.

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Figure 1
a) The four motion axes possible with standard endoscopic instruments b) Robotic instruments allow for two additional degrees of freedom of motion in the form of a wrist at the tip of the instrument
Figure 2
Figure 2
Cleveland Clinic selection algorithm for robotic mitral valve surgery
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Figure 3
The Emory lateral endoscopic approach with robotics (LEAR) technique port placement
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Figure 4
Barriers to randomised controlled trials in surgery including the evaluation of robotics in cardiac surgery
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