The Minithoracotomy Approach: A Safe and Effective Alternative for Heart Valve Surgery Giovanni Mariscalco, MD, PhD, Francesco Musumeci, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 97, Issue 1, Pages 356-364 (January 2014) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.09.090 Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Distribution of surgical approach—sternotomy (black bars) or right thoracotomy (gray bars)—for degenerative mitral valve repair by year of operation. (Reprinted from Galloway et al [7], with permission from Elsevier.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2014 97, 356-364DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.09.090) Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Decrease in surgical time with surgeon experience using port access. (Reprinted from Brinkman et al [20], with permission from Elsevier.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2014 97, 356-364DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.09.090) Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions