Dr. Thoralf Sundt answers the question: 'How Painful Is a Sternotomy Incision?' — -- Question: What is a sternotomy incision and how painful is it? Answer: A sternotomy incision is the usual ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A minimally invasive approach to mitral valve repair was safe and effective vs. sternotomy. Recovery time and ...

Surgical aortic valve replacement generally improves patients’ symptoms and prolongs survival. However, the perceived risk of surgical aortic valve replacement in patients over 80 may result in ...

Is minimally invasive heart surgery to repair a mitral valve a safer option than open-heart surgery? Is it common for a surgeon to have to switch to an open-heart procedure after starting the surgery?

Patients with degenerative mitral valve (MV) regurgitation that calls for surgery may, for the most part, safely choose either a standard procedure requiring a midline sternotomy or one performed ...

Share on Pinterest Researchers report similar outcomes for two types of heart surgery for mitral valve repair. Suriyapong Thongsawang/Getty Images A new study is the first randomized clinical trial to ...

Getting patients physically active as early as 2 weeks after a sternotomy for CABG or valve surgery appears to be just as safe and effective as waiting the standard month and a half, according to ...

Background: Tracheal resection and reconstruction is a complex thoracic surgery procedure. Posterolateral thoracotomy (PLT) is the standard approach for intrathoracic tracheal resection; however, ...

QUEBEC CITY — For eligible patients with multivessel coronary artery disease (CAD), minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting (MICS-CABG) yielded faster functional recovery and other benefits ...

A nurse-led initiative at a Denver hospital led to fewer complications for female patients recovering from open-heart surgery and decreased the wound incidence rate following sternotomies from 6.4% to ...