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Consequences of Hybrid Procedure Addition to Robotic-Assisted Direct Coronary Artery Bypass

Innovations (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Patients postcoronary artery revascularization surgery often receives blood product transfusion, which could delay their intensive care unit and hospital discharge. We investigated our robotic-assisted direct coronary artery bypass (RADCAB) transfusion rate to determine whether performing the minimal invasive coronary surgery with percutaneous coronary intervention in one stage would increase the incidence of blood transfusion, morbidity, and length of stay. Between November 2003 and November 2015, 483 consecutive patients underwent RADCAB surgery. They were divided into two groups. Group 1 (147 patients; mean ± SD age, 61.2 ± 11 years; 23% females) underwent robotic-assisted hybrid coronary artery revascularization with left internal thoracic artery to the left anterior descending coronary artery with percutaneous coronary intervention to a nonleft anterior descending coronary artery vessel in the same stage. Group 2 (336 patients; mean ± SD age, 61.2 ± 10.5 years; 25% females) und...

Robotic-assisted coronary artery bypass surgery: an 18-year single-centre experience

The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS, 2018

Minimally invasive robot-assisted direct coronary artery bypass (RADCAB) has emerged as a feasible minimally invasive surgical technique for revascularization that might offer several potential advantages over conventional approaches. We present our 18-year experience in RADCAB. Between February 1998 and February 2016, 605 patients underwent RADCAB. Patients underwent post-procedural selective graft patency assessment using cardiac catheterization. The mortality rate was 0.3%. The rate of conversion to sternotomy for any cause was reduced from 16.0% of the first 200 cases to 6.9% of the last 405 patients. The patency rate of the LITA-to-LAD anastomosis was 97.4%. Surgical re-exploration for bleeding occurred in 1.8% of patients, and the transfusion rate was 9.2%. Average ICU stay was 1.2 ± 1.4 days, and average hospital stay was 4.8 ± 2.9 days. Robot-assisted coronary artery bypass grafting is safe, feasible and it seems to represent an effective alternative to traditional coronary ...

Hybrid revascularization strategy: a pilot study on the association of robotically enhanced minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass surgery and fractional-flow-reserve-guided percutaneous coronary intervention

Circulation, 2005

Robotically enhanced minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass (RE-MIDCAB) graft of the left internal mammary artery to the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) and/or the first diagonal branch might be the least traumatic surgical revascularization approach available so far. When combined with fractional flow reserve (FFR)-guided percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in the non-LAD vessels, this "hybrid" strategy takes advantage of the survival benefit conferred by the internal mammary artery graft to the LAD while providing the patients with a truly minimally invasive, functionally complete revascularization. Twenty patients with multivessel disease were selected to undergo combined PCI and RE-MIDCAB because they had a lesion amenable to PCI in the right and/or the left circumflex coronary artery and a lesion in the LAD and/or the first diagonal branch that was considered less than ideal for PCI. PCI was actually performed only when FFR was <0.80 (...

Hybrid Coronary Revascularization Versus On-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

The Annals of thoracic surgery, 2018

Hybrid coronary revascularization (HCR) is an evolving coronary revascularization strategy for the treatment of multivessel coronary artery disease. We provide a comparative analysis to conventional on-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) with long-term follow-up. We included all double on-pump CABG (n = 682) and HCR (147 robotic-assisted minimally invasive bypass grafts of the left internal thoracic artery to the left anterior descending coronary artery and percutaneous coronary intervention to one of the non-left anterior descending coronary artery vessels) performed in our institution between March 2004 and November 2015. We performed an adjusted analysis using inverse-probability weighting based on the propensity score of receiving either on-pump CABG or HCR. In the adjusted analysis, there was no statistically significant difference in the incidence of reexploration for bleeding, perioperative myocardial infarction, stroke, need for hemodialysis, blood transfusion r...

Robotically-assisted coronary artery bypass grafting

Cardiology research and practice, 2010

Objectives. Robotic surgery enables to perform coronary surgery totally endoscopically. This report describes our experience using the da Vinci system for coronary artery bypass surgery. Methods. Patients requiring single-or-double vessel revascularization were eligible. The procedure was performed without cardiopulmonary bypass on a beating heart. Results. From April 2004 to May 2008, fifty-six patients were enrolled in the study. Twenty-four patients underwent robotic harvesting of the mammary conduit followed by minimal invasive direct coronary artery bypass (MIDCAB), and twenty-three patients had a totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass (TECAB) grafting. Nine patients (16%) were converted to open techniques. The mean total operating time for TECAB was 372 +/- 104 minutes and for MIDCAB was 220 +/- 69 minutes. Followup was complete for all patients up to one year. There was one hospital death following MIDCAB and two deaths at follow up. Forty-eight patients had an angiogram o...

Robotically Assisted Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: A Prospective Single Center Clinical Trial

Journal of Cardiac Surgery, 2010

This prospective study was performed as a Phase 1 Food and Drug Administration clinical trial to assess the safety and feasibility of robotically assisted coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Eighteen patients undergoing elective CABG were enrolled in this study. Full sternotomy was performed in 17 of 18 patients, while cardiopulmonary bypass and cardioplegic arrest was used in all cases. Robotically assisted CABG of the left internal thoracic artery (LITA) to the left anterior descending artery (LAD) was performed through three ports using a robotically assisted microsurgical system. Conventional techniques were used to perform all other grafts. Blood flow in the LITA graft was measured in the operating room, and when necessary, angiography was performed. Six weeks after the operation, all patients underwent selective coronary angiography of the LITA graft. Robotically assisted coronary artery anastomoses were successfully completed in all patients. Blood flow through the LITA graft was adequate in 16 of 18 patients (89%). The two inadequate grafts were revised successfully by hand. Six weeks after the operation, angiography demonstrated a graft patency of 100% (13 of 13). Mean follow-up has been over 190 days. All patients remain New York Heart Association Angina Class I. Robotic assistance represents an enabling technology that may allow the surgeon to perform endoscopic coronary artery anastomoses. Further clinical trials are needed to explore the clinical potential and value of robotically assisted CABG.

Robotic Hybrid Coronary Revascularization - a need for strategy specific data

2021

Robotic totally endoscopic techniques to perform the LITA to LAD graft, coupled with PCI, provides the least invasive option to achieve hybrid coronary revascularization (HCR). Shorter hospital stay and reduced need for blood transfusions have been consistently being reported by several studies along with similar long-term outcomes. Considerable variations exist in the definition of HCR which can be single or two-staged with surgical revascularization being carried out after PCI or vice versa. Variations also exist with respect to usage of cardiopulmonary bypass, surgical incisions, and use of minimally invasive robotic techniques. The different strategies of HCR do not lead to similar outcomes and the findings of one strategy cannot be extrapolated to the entire group. Studies reporting different strategies of HCR, should ideally provide more granular data when reporting outcomes.

Long-term results after robotically assisted coronary bypass surgery

Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2016

Background: Robotically-assisted coronary bypass grafting (CABG) was introduced in 1998 and dedicated centers have continuously applied and developed this minimally invasive method of coronary bypass surgery. While short-term results are relatively well published, data on long-term outcome are limited. In this literature review, we assessed the outcomes after robotic CABG following the first postoperative year. Methods: We searched PubMed for articles containing the terms "robotic" or "robotically assisted" and "coronary bypass". A total of 11 papers contained long-term results. We specifically investigated survival, graft patency, freedom from angina and re-intervention, as well as freedom from major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events (MACCE). Results: Five-year survival after robotic CABG was consistently consistently greater than 90% and graft patency between 3 and 5 years was reported to be above 90%. Fifteen percent to 26% of patients reexperienced angina at 3 to 5 years postoperatively. Long-term freedom from re-intervention reached the range and the 5-year freedom from MACCE rate was approximately 75%. Conclusions: According to data in the literature, long-term results after CABG carried out with the assistance of a surgical robot appear to be in line with results achieved after conventional CABG.

Evaluation of Robotic Coronary Surgery With Intraoperative Graft Angiography and Postoperative Multislice Computed Tomography

The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 2007

Background. Robotically assisted totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass graft surgery (TECABG) is an innovative minimally invasive procedure requiring proof of immediate-and short-term patency of grafts to compete with conventional bypass surgery or percutaneous coronary interventions. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the combination of invasive and noninvasive coronary angiography methods in innovative cardiac surgery as an approach to optimal quality control.