Can “minimally invasive” heart surgery be performed on children?
Our pediatric cardiac surgeons at NYU are doing more and more less invasive heart surgery in children. In many cases, open heart surgery is being safely and successfully performed in children through a very small incision in the chest. These approaches help produce faster recovery and a very small scar. Whether or not these techniques can be used depend on the specific problem that needs to be treated and size of the child.
