Robotic coronary artery bypass surgery

OR-Live.com webcast February 12th @ 6:00 PM EST from PinnacleHealth

Watch a minimally-invasive robotic coronary artery bypass surgery on Tuesday, February 12, 2008 at 6:00 PM EST. During the broadcast, Christine McCarty, MD, chair of cardiac surgery at PinnacleHealth, will complete double vessel bypass surgery, utilizing the left and right internal mammary arteries, on a beating heart.
Since 2006, Dr. McCarty, has performed more than 100 surgeries with the da Vinci® S™, reducing chance of infection, shortening hospital stay and improving recovery time. Robotic-assisted coronary revascularization avoids the drawbacks of traditional heart surgery, including blood loss, pain and scarring that typically result from cutting through the breastbone and opening the ribs.

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• CAbg
• coronary
• artery
• bypass
• revascularization
• robotic
• daVinci
• robotic-assisted
• heart
• cardiac
• surgery

[jakesbulldogg]

i wish i had seen this,i have rheumatic fever,and a heart murmur,am spose to have an operation similar to this one,cant afford it though.