Minimally invasive surgery, also known as closed surgery in society, is a surgery method performed through small incisions, aiming to cause minimal damage to the body. In these operations, the use of high-tech surgical equipment and imaging methods is the most important part of the procedure. Depending on the type of operation to be performed, detailed planning is made before the surgery and the surgical technique during the operation is performed.
Minimally invasive methods; It can be used in the treatment of diseases treated by many departments such as cardiovascular diseases, thoracic surgery, gynecological oncology and gynecology, general surgery, urology, brain and neurosurgery, orthopedics and traumatology.
The question “What is minimally invasive heart surgery?” is among the most frequently asked questions. The minimally invasive surgery method, which makes the difficult process of heart surgery go through much quicker and painless, is performed with smaller incisions instead of cutting 20-25 cm of the chest (sternum) bone.
Small incision heart surgery can be performed with small incisions when repairing and replacing heart valve surgeries such as Aortic and Mitral, when coronary bypass surgery is required, when closing some heart holes, when aortic aneurysms are needed, and when intracardiac tumors need to be removed.
