Workshop on minimally invasive cardiac surgery – English news media coverage

Dr A G K Gokhale, HOD, Department of Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery (MICS) Yashoda Hospital, Secunderabad, drawing attention to the advantages of MICS said, “In an open-chest surgery, the heart and its vessels are exposed through median sternotomy, where the breastbone is sawed open down the midline and then pulled apart. This is an extremely invasive and traumatic part of a standard heart surgery.

In comparison, a minimally invasive procedure uses small incisions to access the heart without stopping the heart or cutting the breastbone and ribcage. A minimally invasive cardiothoracic surgery causes lesser trauma and the recovery time is much shorter.”