What Should You Know About Robotic Mitral Valve Surgery?
Patients with mitral valve disease may be candidates for minimally-invasive robotic surgery at leading cardiac centers.
What Should You Know About Robotic Mitral Valve Surgery?
Patients with mitral valve disease may be candidates for minimally-invasive robotic surgery at leading cardiac centers.
“Robotic mitral valve surgery gets my patients great outcomes with the fastest recovery.”
-- Dr. Marc Gillinov, Chairman of the Department of
Cardiovascular Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
-- Dr. Marc Gillinov, Chairman of the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery
at the Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
Patients diagnosed with mitral valve disease need to understand the symptoms, the risks and their treatment options. In this video, Dr. Marc Gillinov and Dr. Tarek Malas, leading robotic surgeons at the Cleveland Clinic, share important research about the use of minimally-invasive robotic surgery to treat patients with mitral valve disease.
“I couldn’t believe it. I was back to work 7 days after my robotic mitral valve surgery.”
-- Leila Saeid, Mitral Valve Surgery Patient
-- Leila Saeid, Robotic Mitral Valve Surgery Patient
Minimally-invasive robotic mitral valve surgery has been helping patients return to active living with a normal life expectancy since 2002. Watch this special video featuring Leila Saeid, a robotic mitral valve patient of Dr. Joanna Chikwe, the Chair of Cardiac Surgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, to learn the advantages of robotic mitral valve surgery.
Find Experienced Robotic Mitral Valve Surgeons
Robotic mitral surgery is a specialized form of cardiac surgery that is only performed at select cardiac centers that have dedicated teams for the utility of this unique minimally-invasive approach.
Robotic Surgery for Mitral Valve Replacement?
Thanks to new advances in mitral valve replacement devices, the use of minimally-invasive robotics can be used to replace a defective mitral valve. Watch this educational video with Dr. Robert Smith II, the Chairman of Cardiovascular Surgical Services at Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital - Plano, to learn about this exciting new technology.
My 15-Year Experience Performing Robotic Mitral Valve Surgery
Dr. Thomas Molloy at Adventist Health Northwest Heart Center has spent over 15 years focusing on robotic mitral valve surgery for patients needing mitral valve repair and mitral valve replacement. What are the critical insights that patients can learn from Dr. Molloy about robotic mitral valve surgery? Find out in this special interview with Dr. Molloy.
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Questions & Answers About Robotic Mitral Valve Surgery
Question 1: Is robotic mitral valve surgery approved by the FDA?
Answer: Since 2002, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved robotic mitral valve surgery as a safe-and-effective therapy for the treatment of patients with mitral valve disease.
Question 2: What are the important advantages of robotic mitral valve surgery?
Watch this video with Dr. Vinay Badhwar, Executive Chair of Cardiac Surgery at West Virginia University Heart & Vascular Institute, to learn the important advantages of robotic mitral valve surgery for patients with mitral valve disease:
Question 3: What is the number one piece of advice for someone who is considering a mitral valve repair?
Answer from Dr. Arnar Geirsson, Director of the Surgical Heart Valve Program at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and New York Presbyterian Hospital:
"I think the most important thing to do when you're selecting a surgeon to repair your mitral valve is ensure that you have a good, durable repair with minimal residual regurgitation at the end of the operation. There are plenty of surgeons that do a lot of mitral valve surgery. Find the surgeon that has a proven track record of providing great care and great outcomes for mitral valve repair. Ideally, you want to find a surgeon you're comfortable with, somebody you can trust to repair your mitral valve."
Question 4: Can the robot be used to treat mitral valve disease and coronary artery disease during the same operation?
Watch this video with Dr. Husam Balkhy, Director of Robotic and Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery at University of Chicago Medicine, to learn learn whether-or-not the robot can treat multiple cardiac conditions, including coronary artery disease, during the same procedure:
Question 5: How is robotic mitral valve surgery performed? What is the average recovery time?
Answer from Dr. Kevin Hodges, Assistant Professor of Cardiac Surgery at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago, Illinois:
"Robotic mitral valve surgery is a less invasive procedure that does not go through the breastbone. Instead, the surgeon goes between ribs. As a result, the recovery time is closer to two weeks instead of the normal six weeks that we quote for a traditional, open-heart surgery. Patients should expect to be in the hospital for three to four days. Patients should not lift anything heavier than 20 pounds for two weeks. Lastly, patients should not drive a car when they are taking pain medication. Otherwise, patients can typically go back to normal life activity in just two weeks."
