Bengaluru, Dec. 9 -- Apollo Hospitals, Bengaluru, has achieved a major milestone in cardiac care by successfully performing a rare and complex robotic double valve replacement on a 53-year-old high-risk patient.
The procedure, executed using the next-generation Da Vinci Xi Surgical System, marks a breakthrough in minimally invasive cardiac surgery in India.
The patient, suffering from severe aortic and mitral valve destruction due to infective endocarditis and multiple comorbidities including rheumatoid arthritis, obesity, thyroid dysfunction, and a prior stroke, underwent simultaneous aortic and mitral valve replacement through small keyhole incisions, avoiding the need for a conventional midline sternotomy.
She was extubated within 12 ...