Surgeons just performed the first open heart surgery without ever opening the chest. Here's how.

The unconventional method could be the future of heart surgeries.

Health Rounds: First human coronary bypass surgery performed without chest cracking

(This is an excerpt of the Health Rounds newsletter, where we present latest medical studies on Tuesdays and Thursdays.) Jan 16 (Reuters) - For the first time ever in a human, doctors have performed ...
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Still discusses innovative robotic coronary artery bypass on UAB MedCasts

Sasha Still, M.D., an assistant professor of the UAB Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, was recently featured on UAB's MedCast Podcast. During the episode, Still discusses the unique procedure of ...
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Total hospital cost of robotic or conventional open-chest mitral valve repair surgery is similar

ROCHESTER, Minn. --The total hospital cost of mitral valve repair surgery -- from the time a patient is admitted to the hospital until release --is similar, whether performed through small port ...
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ISRG's da Vinci gets FDA nod for advanced cardiac procedures

Intuitive Surgical ISRG recently announced that the FDA has granted 510(k) clearance for the da Vinci 5 system to be used in ...