Original articleAdult cardiacQuality of Life After Early Mitral Valve Repair Using Conventional and Robotic Approaches
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Patients and Methods
This study was approved by the Mayo Clinic Institutional Review Board.
Patient Characteristics
Of 90 eligible patients who underwent robot-assisted MV repair, 69 returned completed surveys, and of 112 eligible patients who had undergone conventional transsternotomy MV repair, 72 patients completed surveys after three mailings, with an overall response rate of 70%. The demographic and clinical characteristics of respondents are reported in Table 1. Although individual disease comorbidities were similar between groups, cumulative age-weighted Charlson scores were different, with the open
Comment
We used validated assessment tools to examine postoperative QOL indices among asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic patients undergoing isolated MV repair for degenerative leaflet prolapse, employing identical repair techniques but different incisions. We found that patients report excellent recovery of QOL very early after mitral valve repair. We further stratified outcomes between patients undergoing robot-assisted vs conventional transsternotomy MV repair to determine whether surgical
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