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Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery

Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery - Symptoms

Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery - How to prevent?

Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery - Treatments

As compared to conventional cardiac surgery carried out through sternotomy, Minimally invasive cardiac surgery (MICS) has multiple established benefits such as reduced need for blood transfusion, reduced length of hospitalisation stay and cost, faster recovery and better patient satisfactory from improved cosmetic result.

In MICS, there is no luxury of having an unrestricted visual on the surgical field and tactile feedback. A successful MICS hinges on careful pre-operative planning and mastery of using long instruments, aided by using endoscope for visual improvement.

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