Heart valve disease is considered to be one of the deadly health problems, media says. The function of the valve is affected when a person has heart valve disease. This occurs when the valve has problem closing or opening. If this happen, the blood does not move through the heart chamber the way it should be. Normally, the blood that comes from the lungs enters the left atrium of the heart and crosses into the left ventricle. The mitral valve between these two chambers makes sure that the blood keeps moving forward. However, the blood is blocked from moving forward when the mitral valve is hardened. Also, the flowing of the blood may become backwards when the mitral valve becomes too loose. A mitral valve surgery is recommended to a patient if he suffered one of the conditions.
Traditionally, mitral valve surgery has involved open-heart surgery, which means that the chest is opened in the operating room and the heart stopped for a time so that the surgeon may repair or replace the valve(s). The patient's breastbone or sternum is cut in half and is spread apart by the surgeon. Large tubes are inserted into the heart once it is exposed so that blood can be pumped through the body during the surgery by a cardiopulmonary bypass machine or the heart-lung machine. The bypass machine is necessary to pump blood because the heart is stopped and kept still while the surgeon performs the valve repair or replacement procedure.
However, there is a minimally invasive surgical option called robotic-assisted valve surgery which is done through smaller incisions than the large cut needed in open surgery. The number of tiny cuts in your chest may range from two to four during robotic valve surgery. The surgeon uses a special computer to control robotic arms during the surgery. A three-dimensional view of the heart and mitral valve is seen by the surgeon on the computer monitor. A more substantial information about the safety and risks associated with da Vinci surgical robot is found at davinci-lawsuit.org.
References:
medtronic.com/patients/heart-valve-disease/getting-surgery/heart-valve-repair/right-for-you/index.htm
hopkinsmedicine.org/healthlibrary/test_procedures/cardiovascular/heart_valve_repair_or_replacement_surgery_92,P07975/
medicinenet.com/heart_valve_disease_treatment/article.htm
nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/007411.htm
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