Robot-assisted double heart valve replacement explained
The first robot-assisted double heart valve replacement was carried out in the Chennai region of India at Chettinad Health City. This is the first instance of such a procedure using robotic surgery.[1] The surgery was carried out by Dr R. Ravi Kumar, the director of the Institute of Cardiovascular Disease and head of the Robotic Surgery Centre at Chettinad.[2]
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Notes and References
- Web site: Rare robotic surgery done in city hospital | Chennai News. https://web.archive.org/web/20120405083659/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-05/chennai/28657850_1_robotic-surgery-cardiac-surgery-robotic-hands . dead . 2012-04-05 . .
- News: Chettinad Hospitals doctors use robotic arms to perform surgery. The Hindu. 5 March 2011.
