SAVR-ROBOTIC

SAVR- ROBOTIC

What is robotic-assisted aortic valve repair?

Robotic-assisted aortic valve repair is a type of surgery. It uses robotic tools to fix a damaged aortic valve.
The aortic valve is one of the heart’s 4 valves. These valves help blood flow through the heart’s 4 chambers and out to the body. Sometimes, the valve stops working well and needs to be replaced. Your healthcare provider will replace the valve with an artificial one. Blood can then leave the heart and flow out to the body normally.
Robotic-assisted aortic valve repair is a type of minimally-invasive surgery. Minimally invasive means that the surgery uses smaller incisions than a traditional surgery. You may have an easier and faster recovery.
Along with smaller cuts, your surgeon uses a robotic instrument to help fix the valve. The robot has special tools attached to it. Your surgeon puts these tools and a camera through the small cuts. During the surgery, your surgeon sits at a nearby computer and controls the robot’s movements. Your surgeon is able to look at the surgery with a highly enlarged image.
The robotic tools may help surgeons do the surgery more exactly than they could with standard tools. Surgeons do this surgery while you are asleep under general anesthesia.
These health problems may lead to symptoms, such as shortness of breath, tiredness, swelling in your legs, and unpleasant awareness of your heartbeat. If these symptoms get worse, you may need surgery. In some cases, your healthcare provider may recommend surgery even if you don’t have major symptoms. Surgery works best when symptoms have not advanced too far.