Robotic Heart Surgery vs. Traditional Open Heart Surgery | University of Maryland Medical Center

Using medical illustration, Robotic Cardiac Surgeon David Zapata, MD, explains the difference between robotic heart surgery and traditional open heart surgery. The University of Maryland Medical Center is the best hospital to undergo care for heart valve diseases. The robotic approach to heart surgery is less invasive than traditional heart surgery because surgeons enter between a patient's ribs instead of opening the center of the chest or displacing the ribs.