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port-access surgery

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port-access surgery
Heart surgery MIDCAB–minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass surgery in which the heart-lung machine used in major cardiovascular procedures is replaced with femoral artery and vein catheterization. Cf CABG, MIDCAB.


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Unlike port-access surgery in noncardiac surgical subspecialties, almost all cardiac operations on adult patients are reconstructions that are technically more demanding when performed through an endoscope.
Bill Fiser, a cardiovascular surgeon at Baptist Medical Center, performed the first port-access surgery.
There is a growing body of evidence indicating that Port-Access surgery could be used more often to benefit patients with blocked coronary arteries," he concluded.
 
 
 
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