Trends in Robotic-Assisted Coronary Artery Bypass Grafts: A Study of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database, 2006 to 2012 David J. Whellan, MD, MHS, Melissa M. McCarey, MPH, Bradley S. Taylor, MD, MPH, Todd K. Rosengart, MD, Amelia S. Wallace, MS, A. Laurie W. Shroyer, PhD, James S. Gammie, MD, Eric D. Peterson, MD, MPH The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 102, Issue 1, Pages 140-146 (July 2016) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.12.059 Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Robot-assisted coronary artery bypass grafting (RA-CABG) volume by site from 2006 to 2012. The combined total number of RA-CABG and non–RA-CABG sites is 748 for all 5 years. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2016 102, 140-146DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.12.059) Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Number of sites performing robot-assisted coronary artery bypass (RACAB) that discontinued performing these procedures the next year by number of coronary artery bypass grafting procedures performed with robot assistance. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2016 102, 140-146DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.12.059) Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions