Is a port-access mitral valve repair superior to the sternotomy approach in accelerating postoperative recovery?
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Report By: Lydia Richardson, Michael Richardson, and Steven Hunter - Registrars in Cardiothoracic Surgery
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Institution: Medical Student, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, General Practitioner Broadstone, Dorset James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough
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Date Submitted: 26th August 2009
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Last Modified: 26th August 2009
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Status:
Red (incomplete)
Three Part Question
In [patients requiring mitral valve repair] does [minimally invasive mitral valve repair] compared to [conventional repair] safely improve [clinical outcomes]?
