Cardiac Surgery

Robotic Cardiac Surgery

Robotic Cardiac Surgery is a comprehensive guide to robotic/totally endoscopic cardiac surgery. The book is intended to provide in-depth information regarding the history of robotic surgical systems, their components and principles. It emphasizes patient selection, perioperative management, anesthesia considerations and management, operative techniques and management, postoperative care and results. Extensive, detailed photographs and illustrations of different kinds of robotic surgery are also included. It provides cardiac surgeons, cardiac anesthesiologists, and perfusionists with a comprehensive review of current robotic cardiac surgeries and related knowledge.

Changqing Gao, MD, is a professor at the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.

Table of contents :

Front Matter....Pages i-xv

Overview of Robotic Cardiac Surgery....Pages 1-14

Anesthesia for Robotic Cardiac Surgery....Pages 15-32

Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography in Robotic Cardiac Surgery....Pages 33-48

Peripheral Cardiopulmonary Bypass Establishment for Robotic Cardiac Surgery....Pages 49-60

Robotic Surgery in Congenital Heart Diseases....Pages 61-81

Totally Robotic Myxoma Excision....Pages 83-92

Robotic Mitral Valve Surgery....Pages 93-110

Robotic Coronary Bypass Graft on Beating Heart....Pages 111-133

Hybrid Coronary Revascularization....Pages 135-140