AW: [HSF] Minimally invasive mitral valve repair

[Michael Firstenberg]

Patients also want 100% success without incision/pain/scars/blood
transfusion

-michael


On 9/6/07, psimha <prasannasimha at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Now you can see why Hal wants to go the robot way. Patients want it.
> Prasanna
> Ajit Damle wrote:
> > Are the coronaries normal? If she needs bypasses or other concomitant
> > surgery, robotic surgery may not be possible.
> >
> >
> >
> > I would question her decision for robotic MV repair. If she still
> insists,
> > then I must admit that it would be very smart to go to a surgeon who has
> > done a LOT of these robotically. My experience of a few MV repairs I
> have
> > seen using Da Vinci is not good at all.
> >
> >
> >
> > Da Vinci is a user hostile robot, but skilled surgeons may be able to do
> a
> > good job despite it..
> >
> >
> >
> > Ajit Damle
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: openheart-l-bounces at lists.hsforum.com
> > [mailto:openheart-l-bounces at lists.hsforum.com] On Behalf Of
> Cysmd613 at aol.com
> > Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 12:06 AM
> > To: OpenHeart-L at lists.hsforum.com
> > Subject: Re: AW: [HSF] Minimally invasive mitral valve repair
> >
> >
> >
> > A 58 yo nurse who I know with symptomatic MR needs a repair.  She
> insists on
> >
> >
> > "minimally invasive"/robotic.  She is willing to travel to have the
> > procedure
> >
> > done.  Do you know who is doing a lot of these procedures with excellent
> >
> > results?
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> >
> >
> > Carmi Stadlan
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