Breaking Ground In Minimally Invasive Cardiac
Surgery
Penn Cardiac Care at the University of Pennsylvania
Medical Center is the only hospital in Philadelphia
performing robotic heart surgery and one of only
12 in the nation participating in an FDA clinical
trial.
Y.
Joseph Woo, MD, director of the Hospital's Minimally Invasive and
Robotic Cardiac Surgery Program, has operated on more than 30 patients
utilizing the robotic system to repair valves, replace heart valves,
close septal defects, and assist in coronary artery bypass procedures.
"We are working
hard to expand the applications of robotics within heart surgery. Although
this technology was originally attempted on a very limited set of disease
processes, we now utilize some form of minimally invasive or robotic
surgery to treat almost all types of heart disease," says Dr.
Woo. "We
are comfortable with this technology and continue to advance the techniques
of these procedures by making even smaller incisions and performing
the procedures faster."
Find out more about minimally
invasive robotic surgery.
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