Robot-assisted double heart valve replacement

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]

References

  1. ^ "Rare robotic surgery done in city hospital". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 2012-04-05.
  2. ^ "Chettinad Hospitals doctors use robotic arms to perform surgery". The Hindu. 5 March 2011.


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