Right Minithoracotomy Versus Full Sternotomy for Mitral Valve Repair: A Propensity Matched Comparison Rüdiger Lange, MD, PhD, Bernhard Voss, MD, Victoria Kehl, DrRerNat, Domenico Mazzitelli, MD, Peter Tassani-Prell, MD, PhD, Thomas Günther, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 103, Issue 2, Pages 573-579 (February 2017) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.06.055 Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Kaplan-Meier estimate of survival function of patients who underwent isolated mitral valve repair with either a right minithoracotomy (solid line) or a median sternotomy (dotted line): (A) matched patients (n = 194); (B) unmatched patients (n = 745). (#risk = number at risk; yrs = years.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2017 103, 573-579DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.06.055) Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Kaplan-Meier estimate of freedom from mitral valve-related reoperation of patients who underwent isolated mitral valve repair with either a right minithoracotomy (solid line) or a median sternotomy (dotted line): (A) matched patients (n = 194); (B) unmatched patients (n = 745). (#risk = number at risk; yrs = years.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2017 103, 573-579DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.06.055) Copyright © 2017 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions