[The Initial Learning Curve of Robot-assisted Cardiac Surgery].
Journal:
Kyobu geka. The Japanese journal of thoracic surgery
Published Date:
Jul 1, 2022
Abstract
Initial 37 cases of robot-assisted cardiac surgery were reviewed. The early outcomes were favorable with low transfusion rate and no mortality, but some of the very early cases required reoperation after discharge. In our cohort, in terms of aortic cross-clamp time, the learning curve seemed to mature at shortly after the 30th case, but in view of the whole operation time, it did not plateau as of the 37th case.