Background We hypothesize that minimally invasive valve surgery in patients with chronic
kidney disease (CKD) is superior to a conventional median sternotomy. Methods We …

BACKGROUND: Many outcomes and complications of minimally invasive and conventional
cardiac surgery await comparison. Patients undergoing mitral valve surgery commonly …

BACKGROUND: Advanced age is a major predictor of poor outcome in patients undergoing
valve surgery. We hypothesized that elderly patients who underwent minimally invasive …

Objective: Minimally invasive, nonsternotomy approaches for valve procedures may reduce
the risks associated with cardiac surgery after prior sternotomy and may improve outcomes …

BACKGROUND: We hypothesize that composite in-hospital surgical complications are lower
in obese patients who undergo minimally invasive valve surgery for aortic and (or) mitral …

The use of minimally, or less invasive, approaches to cardiac valve surgery has increased
over the past decade. Because of its less traumatic nature, early studies in lower risk …

Minimally invasive valve surgery represents a recent and significant advance in modern
heart surgery. Indeed, many less invasive approaches for both the aortic and mitral valves …

OBJECTIVES We hypothesize that minimally invasive valve surgery in patients with chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is superior to the conventional median sternotomy …

Background Acute kidney injury after partial or radical nephrectomy remains an unsolved
problem even when using minimally invasive techniques. We aimed to identify risk factors …

Background. Acute renal injury is an important postoperative complication of mitral valve
surgery. We tested the hypothesis that minimally invasive port access (PA) surgery is linked …