The UK Mini Mitral Trial compared minimally invasive (Mini) mitral valve repair (MVr) to conventional sternotomy in patients with degenerative mitral regurgitation. The primary objective was to assess physical function (PF) recovery, using the Short Form 36-Item Health Survey, version 2 (SF-36v2) PF scale 12 weeks post-surgery.
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Sternotomy
December 11, 2025
November 24, 2025
This video demonstrates the management plan for anomalous right coronary arteries and their treatment in a patient who also has mitral valve prolapse, performed via hemisternotomy.
November 17, 2025
This video demonstrates the repositioning of an anomalous right coronary artery.
November 10, 2025
This video demonstrates a surgical procedure for correcting an anomalous right coronary artery.
October 17, 2025
This video demonstrates a redo sternotomy for aortic regurgitation, mitral valve replacement, and revision of a calcified graft in a patient with a history of coronary artery bypass grafting and transcatheter aortic valve replacement.
October 16, 2025
This video demonstrates the removal of a failed Evolut transcatheter aortic valve replacement and its replacement with a 27 mm Mosaic biological aortic valve in a patient with advanced lung cancer.
October 16, 2025
This study analyzed 159 patients with mediastinal benign teratomas across five hospitals from 2014–2024, comparing subxiphoid thoracoscopic surgery with other surgical approaches. Among the 26 patients undergoing subxiphoid surgery, the median operative time was 80 minutes with 20mL of blood loss and 100 percent complete resection rates.
October 14, 2025
This video demonstrates the surgical management of a 77-year-old patient with streptococcus endocarditis following a previous transcatheter aortic valve replacement, necessitating an aortic root replacement.
October 2, 2025
This study analyzed data from the UK Mini Mitral trial, which compared recovery in patients undergoing either a sternotomy or a minimally invasive thoracoscopically-guided right minithoracotomy procedure for mitral valve repair, using wrist-worn triaxial accelerometers to track physical activity and sleep.
September 25, 2025
This article argues that emergency resternotomy should be routinely practiced in all cardiac surgery centers, as it is a critical procedure for managing cardiac arrest such as tamponade or refractory bleeding.