If your doctor
recommends surgery to treat mitral valve prolapse, you may be a candidate for da Vinci® Mitral Valve Repair,
potentially the most effective least invasive treatment option available. da Vinci Mitral Valve Repair is
an alternative to conventional open heart surgery – the traditional way to
treat mitral valve disease. da Vinci Mitral Valve Repair is
performed using the da Vinci Surgical System,
enabling your surgeon to operate with unparalleled precision and control
through a few small incisions.
In addition to
avoiding the pain and trauma of sternotomy and rib spreading, da Vinci Mitral Valve Repair
provides most patients with the following benefits over open surgery:
o Less risk of infection
o Less blood loss and
need for blood transfusions
o Shorter hospital stay
o Significantly less
pain and scarring
o Faster recovery
o Quicker return to
normal activities
o And a potentially
better clinical outcome
OLD VS. NEW
While
surgery is generally the most effective way to treat disorders of the heart,
lungs and esophagus, traditional open surgery has a number of inherent
drawbacks caused primarily by making a large incision, splitting of the
breastbone and spreading the ribs to access the thoracic space. In addition to
an 8 to 10” scar down the center of your chest, splitting of the breastbone
leads to a lengthy recovery time as well as a prolonged delay before you will
return to normal daily activities.
The minimally invasive da Vinci® Surgical System,
provides surgeons and patients with what may be the most effective, least
invasive treatment alternative for even the most complex cardiothoracic
procedures such as mitral valve repair.
HEART VALVES
Heart valves regulate
the flow of blood through the heart's four chambers—two small, round upper
chambers (atria) and two larger, cone-shaped lower chambers (ventricles). Each
ventricle has a one-way inlet valve and a one-way outlet valve. In the right
ventricle, the inlet valve is the tricuspid valve, which opens from the right
atrium, and the outlet valve is the pulmonary (pulmonic) valve, which opens
into the pulmonary arteries. In the left ventricle, the inlet valve is the
mitral valve, which opens from the left atrium, and the outlet valve is the
aortic valve, which opens into the aorta. Each valve consists of flaps (cusps
or leaflets), which open and close like one-way swinging doors.
HEART VALVE DISORDERS
Heart valves don't
always work as they should. A person can be born with an abnormal heart valve,
a type of congenital heart defect.
A
defective heart valve is one that fails to fully open or close. A stenotic
heart valve can't open completely, so blood is pumped through a
smaller-than-normal opening. A valve also may not be able to close completely.
This leads to regurgitation (blood leaking back through the valve when it
should be closed).
HEART
VALVE TREATMENT IN INDIA
Most of the time, there are no (or few) symptoms for mitral valve conditions, and treatment is not needed. If you have severe mitral valve prolapse, you may need to stay in the hospital. Surgery to repair or replace the valve may be needed if you have severe mitral regurgitation or your symptoms get worse.
Surgery should be
considered in virtually all patients with a leak that is graded as a 4 (severe)
and in some patients with a leak that is graded as a 3 (moderately severe).
When a patient with mitral valve regurgitation develops symptoms, a decrease in
heart function, or an increase in heart size, surgery is recommended. Surgery
should also be considered when a patient develops atrial fibrillation, which is
an irregular heartbeat. Surgery is also recommended in many asymptomatic
patients who have a severe leak.
Recently, minimally
invasive approaches to Mitral Valve Repair are replacing sternotomy as the
surgical method of choice. Of the minimally invasive approaches, robotic
surgery (da Vinci Surgery) has many practical advantages for both the patient
and the surgeon – precision, fewer complications, reduced blood loss and
shorter hospital stays.
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