Surgical strategy and application skills of ministernotomy in the treatment of heart disease

Objective To explore the strategies and implementation techniques of ministernotomy for most cardiac surgery.

Methods 302 patients of direct open-heart surgery with ministernotomy in Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University from November 2017 to December 2019 were summarized, and compared with other minimally invasive heart surgery with surgical effection, operation time, aortic occlusion time, bleeding volume and ICU stay time.

Results The ministernotomy completely cuts the sternum, but reduces the length of the conventional incision from 20 cm to 6-8 cm, and the sternum is only 6 cm opened. It can perform most heart surgery with great results. It has a wide range of indications, smaller incisions and beautiful appearance, minimal impact on the thorax, and a heart with a mid-thoracotomy. The heart is clearly exposed, the operation is rapid and accurate, and no need for single lung ventilation.

Conclusions The ministernotomy has a wide range of indications and convenient operation, and it is especially easy to popularize.