BackgroundMinimally invasive cardiovascular procedures have been progressively used in heart
surgery. ObjectiveTo describe the techniques and immediate results of minimally invasive procedures
in 5 years. MethodsProspective and descriptive study in which 102 patients were submitted to
minimally invasive procedures in direct and video-assisted forms. Clinical and
surgical variables were evaluated as well as the in hospital follow-up of the
patients. ResultsFourteen patients were operated through the direct form and 88 through the
video-assisted form. Between minimally invasive procedures in direct form, 13 had
aortic valve disease. Between minimally invasive procedures in video-assisted
forms, 43 had mitral valve disease, 41 atrial septal defect and four tumors. In
relation to mitral valve disease, we replaced 26 and reconstructed 17 valves.
Aortic clamp, extracorporeal and procedure times were, respectively, 91,6 ± 21,8,
112,7 ± 27,9 e 247,1 ± 20,3 minutes in minimally invasive procedures in direct
form. Between minimally invasive procedures in video-assisted forms, 71,6 ± 29,
99,7 ± 32,6 e 226,1 ± 42,7 minutes. Considering intensive care and hospitalization
times, these were 41,1 ± 14,7 hours and 4,6 ± 2 days in minimally invasive
procedures in direct and 36,8 ± 16,3 hours and 4,3 ± 1,9 days in minimally
invasive procedures in video-assisted forms procedures. ConclusionMinimally invasive procedures were used in two forms - direct and video-assisted -
with safety in the surgical treatment of video-assisted, atrial septal defect and
tumors of the heart. These procedures seem to result in longer surgical variables.
However, hospital recuperation was faster, independent of the access or
pathology.