Introduction

Robotic cardiac surgery is heart surgery performed through very small cuts, of only 2 cm, in the chest. With the use of tiny instruments and robotically controlled tools, surgeons are able to perform heart surgery in a way that is far less invasive than open-heart surgery, or even minimally invasive surgery. Robotic surgery can be performed for a number of different heart-related procedures; including valve surgery, coronary artery bypass surgery, repairing holes in the heart, and tumour removal. This surgical technique requires years of training and practice and is currently performed by only a handful of surgeons in the world.

Benefits

1. The use of arterial conduits increases the durability of the bypass grafts
2. Least trauma, pain, and wound infection risk
3. Negligible blood loss
4. Extremely Short hospital stay 48-72 hours average
5. Very quick recovery to normal activity 2 weeks average