Robotic totally endoscopic triple bypass with bilateral internal mammary arteries and two different anastomotic techniques

Andrew R Brownlee; Andrea Amabile; Gianluca Torregrossa; Husam H Balkhy

doi:10.1111/jocs.16112

Robotic totally endoscopic triple bypass with bilateral internal mammary arteries and two different anastomotic techniques

J Card Surg. 2022 Jan;37(1):249-251. doi: 10.1111/jocs.16112. Epub 2021 Nov 7.

Authors

Andrew R Brownlee^{1

2}, Andrea Amabile^{2

3}, Gianluca Torregrossa², Husam H Balkhy²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Thoracic Surgery, Cedars Sinai, Los Angeles, California, USA.
² Division of Minimally Invasive and Robotic Cardiac Surgery, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
³ Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.

PMID: 34747050
DOI: 10.1111/jocs.16112

Abstract

Robotic totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass (TECAB) offers several advantages over conventional sternotomy coronary artery bypass grafting. TECAB allows the increased use of bilateral internal mammary artery grafts independent of gender, body mass index or diabetes, minimizes the risk of wound infection, decreases the length of hospital stay, and improves the postoperative quality of life. Off-pump beating heart TECAB has been used to offer one or two grafts generally on the anterior wall. We describe our approach to perform beating heart, triple-vessel TECAB with targets on the lateral and posterolateral wall of the left ventricle.

Keywords: TECAB; robotic.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Coronary Artery Disease* / surgery
Endoscopy
Humans
Mammary Arteries* / surgery
Quality of Life
Robotic Surgical Procedures*
Treatment Outcome