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Totally Endoscopic Repair Of Atrial Septal Defect Or Patent Foramen Ovale Using Robotic Technology

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Nikolaos Bonaros1, Thomas Schachner1, Armin Oehlinger1, Christian Kolbitsch1, Silvana Mueller2, Thomas Bartel2, Guenther Laufer1, Johannes Bonatti1.
1Cardiac Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria, 2Cardiology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria.

Closure of atrial septal defect and patent foramen ovale can be safely performed in a totally endoscopic fashion using roboting technology and remote access perfusion. In this video presentation we demonstrate the operative technique and our approach to tackle intraoperative technical difficulties from the experience gained after 23 cases using direct or patch closure.


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