Minimally invasive and robotic heart surgery: Mayo Clinic Radio

On the Mayo Clinic Radio podcast, Dr. Joseph Dearani, the chair of Cardiovascular Surgery at Mayo Clinic, discusses minimally invasive and robotic heart surgery.

This interview originally aired Sept. 7, 2019.

Advances in surgical techniques have made minimally invasive and robotic surgery an option for many heart surgery patients. Robotic surgery usually is associated with minimally invasive surgery, but it also can be used in certain traditional open surgical procedures. The benefits of minimally invasive surgery include fewer complications; less pain and blood loss; quicker recovery; and smaller, less noticeable scars.