What is the safety and efficacy of the use of automated fastener in heart valve surgery?

Mohammad Yousuf Salmasi Lueh ChienPhilip HartleyAmer Al-BalahKulvinder LallAung OoRoberto CasulaThanos Athanasiou

Published in: Journal of cardiac surgery (2019)

We confirmed that the majority of existing literatures indicated the safety and intraoperative efficacy with automated fastener application. Nevertheless, there is currently no evidence to support automated fastened sutures can translate its intraoperative advantages to improved patient outcome.

Keyphrases

deep learning
machine learning
high throughput
minimally invasive
patients undergoing
heart failure
coronary artery bypass
case report
surgical site infection