The word ''ergonomics''is derived from the two Greek words ergon (labor) and nomia
(arrangement) denoting the arrangement of the working environment. Today the word is …

Robotic technology has been used in cardiovascular medicine since the late 1990s.
Interventional cardiology, electrophysiology, endovascular surgery, minimally invasive …

Background—Computer (robotic) enhancement had emerged as a facilitator of minimally
invasive cardiac surgery, and has been used to perform portions of intracardiac procedures …

Background: While potential benefits of robotic technology include decreased morbidity and
improved recovery, some have suggested a prohibitively high cost. This study was …

BACKGROUND: Minimally invasive cardiac surgery has emerged as an alternative to
conventional, open surgery. Although most studies of robotically assisted cardiac surgery …

The drive to introduce operating robots into theaters is for a number of reasons related to
their intrinsic properties: these include three-dimensional spatial accuracy, reliability, and …

OBJECTIVE: The recent advent of robotically assisted surgery has enabled totally
endoscopic repair of atrial septal defects and patent foramen ovale. This study investigates …

OBJECTIVES Robotic technology has been applied to atrial septal defect (ASD) repair for
more than 10 years, but the number of cases reported is limited and results of long-term …

OBJECTIVE: This study is to discuss a surgical approach for ideal and safe resection of atrial
myxoma using the da Vinci S Surgical System (Intuitive Surgical, Inc, Sunnyvale, Calif) …

Recognition of the significant advantages of minimizing surgical trauma has resulted in a
substantial increase in the number of minimally invasive (MI) cardiac surgical procedures …