sternotomy. Recovery time and hospital stay were shorter in the minimally invasive group. NEW ORLEANS — Minimally invasive thoracoscopically guided right mini-thoracotomy for mitral valve repair ...

An alternative new video-guided minimally invasive approach involving a 4- to 7-cm lateral thoracotomy, completely avoiding sternotomy, has been developed, with the hope that it should speed ...

Researchers analyzed the effectiveness of a thoracotomy procedure for the implantation ... similar patients having the device implanted by sternotomy. That endpoint was survival with the original ...

A thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) occurs in the chest portion of your aorta. During thoracic aneurysm open surgery (sternotomy), your surgeon will make a large cut (sternotomy incision) down the middle ...