How is the da Vinci Mitral Value Repair procedure performed?
Your surgeon will make several dime-sized incisions which will allow him to insert a high-resolution camera and robotic-assisted instruments into the right-side of your chest. Your surgeon can then see a magnified view of your heart and surrounding anatomy, which will allow him/her to perform a precise and delicate operation. While sitting at the console of the robotic system, your surgeon is able to view the mitral valve as a three-dimensional, high-resolution, magnified image. Using master controls, the system directly translates your surgeons hand movements into precise micro-movements of the instrument tips. Specialized instruments increase dexterity, and help your surgeon to preserve the natural mitral valve tissue, allowing complex repairs of leaflets and chords. Fitting through small incisions, the EndoWrist instruments of the da Vinci system move like a human wrist. This allows your surgeon to control the instruments with the precision necessary to repair your mitral valve.
