Minimally Invasive Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery and is a newer form of heart bypass surgery in India. Minimally invasive heart surgery can be performed to treat a variety of heart conditions. Compared with open-heart surgery, this type of surgery might mean less pain and a quicker recovery for many people.
In this technique, the heart is approached through the side of the left chest via a small 4 cm incision. This cut is placed just under the nipple. The chest is entered between the ribs without cutting any bones and by splitting the muscle.
Minimally invasive heart surgery involves making small incisions in the right side of your chest to reach the heart between the ribs, rather than cutting through the breastbone, as is done in open-heart surgery.
Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery has several advantages over the traditional technique:
- First and foremost is the fact that no bones are cut. This has several advantages in reducing pain, retaining function and having a positive effect on breathing. Unlike traditional heart surgery, return to normal life including driving or other activities is not disrupted and can be started almost immediately. Healing is usually complete in ten days
- Blood loss is almost negligible eliminating blood transfusion in most and eliminating blood borne infection.
- All infections are reduced whether it be wound infections or post-surgical lung infection. This makes the procedure ideal in diabetics and older patients who have poor resistance to infection.
- The incision is so cosmetic and measures just 2 – 3 inches that it’s practically impossible to tell that a heart operation has been done.
All these benefits put together make for very short hospitalization and recovery.
The risk of infection is close to zero. All infections are reduced dramatically in MICS CABG even in diabetics.