Minimally Invasive Heart Surgery by Manuel Wilbring (editor) ISBN 9783725834358, 9783725834365, 3725834350, 3725834369 instant download

Minimally Invasive Heart Surgery by Manuel Wilbring (editor) ISBN 9783725834358, 9783725834365, 3725834350, 3725834369 instant download

We are experiencing an era of remarkable development in cardiac surgery, with TAVI setting the ball rolling around 20 years ago. Some might see the development over the past decade as a rivalry or a threat, but others might see it as an opportunity.
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This external (percutaneous) pressure has translated into a profound change in everyday cardiac surgery.
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Let us take aortic valve surgery as an example. Cosgrove and Rao published papers on minimally invasive procedures in the early 1990s, but there was little further development in the following 20 years because it was not required. In 2007, the year before the broader clinical implementation of TAVI, the proportion of minimally invasive aortic valve procedures was minor at less than 5%. It was only after TAVI’s use in aortic valve therapies began to increase that progress became necessary. 
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The proportion of minimally invasive aortic valve surgeries was close to 40% in Germany in 2021. This emphasizes the potential of developments that have occurred in the last decade.Today, there are many possibilities: risk-adjusted hybrid strategies; minimally invasive access routes for valve surgery; CABG, or even assisted surgery; less invasive cannulation and perfusion strategies; and patient-orientated individualized treatment concepts.
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This Special Issue on Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery is guest edited by Prof. Dr. Manuel Wilbring from the "Center of Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery" at the University Heart Center Dresden.