Laparoscopic aorto-iliac surgery: present status and future perspectives
Dion, Y.M.; Cardon, A.; Hartung, O.; Gracia, C.R.
Surgical Technology International 8: 201-207
1999
ISSN/ISBN: 1090-3941 PMID: 12451531 Document Number: 511544
Over the past few years, the concept of "minimally invasive surgery" has generated a significant interest in the field of cardiovascular surgery. Congenital heart diseases such as patent ductus arteriosus, vascular ring or atrial septal defect have been treated using video-assisted technology. Although patients have undergone mitral valve replacement and repair, the focus of interest in the development of video-assisted cardiac surgery is in the treatment of coronary artery disease.