2011-04-08

First Robot Assisted Double Valve Replacement Heart Surgery

First robot-assisted double heart valve replacement

The first robotic-assisted double heart valve replacement was carried out in the Chennai region of India at Chettinad Hospital. Considered a rare form of surgery, this is the first instance of such a procedure using Robotic surgery. The surgery was carried out by Dr R Ravi Kumar, who is the director of the Institute of Cardiovascular Disease and head of robotic surgery centre at the Chettinad Health clinic.

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