minimally invasive cardiac surgery

minimally invasive cardiac surgery is the recent break through in the approach to solving problems of heart.the operation is the same but the approach is different. we no longer have to cut the bone from the midline and leave a big scar in the process which can be distressing as traumatic for the patient.the minimally invasive cardiac suirgery is the cosmetic ,smaller scar and with precision. all the surgical procedures right from mitral valve repair,mitral valve replacement ,aortic valve repair,aortic valve replacement and cabg and atrial septum defect closure,tricuspid valve closure can be approach through this incision alone.patient selection play s a vital role for making the use of this technique possible.this new technique can be used in redo cases also with some wonderful results.there have been schools of thought about the incidence of post operative pain relief for this typre of surgery but given the latest medications available and also the smaller incisions have led to this technique being taken up in a big way.minimally invasive cardiac surgery is the future.