Dr. Thoralf Sundt answers the question: 'How Painful Is a Sternotomy Incision?' — -- Question: What is a sternotomy incision and how painful is it? Answer: A sternotomy incision is the usual ...

In March 2025, surgeons at Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center in Houston, Texas, performed the first fully robotic heart transplant to take place in the United States. The operation avoided a ...

CLEVELAND — When one thinks of heart bypass surgery-- a long chest scar, months of recovery, pain and often fear come to mind. Since December, about 55 patients have received a new, robotic approach ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CHICAGO — For many patients, the fear of ...

Details: Surgeons at the Amosov National Institute of Cardiovascular Surgery have performed heart surgery on 49-year-old Ukrainian defender Yurii Sichka without chest incision. They used intravascular ...

SANANTONIO -- A San Antonio surgeon is taking a new approach to heart surgery. He s performing bypasses and replacing valves in a minimally invasive way. Patients are benefiting. Traditional open ...

Heart specialists at NHS Golden Jubilee are cutting out one of the ‘longest incisions in surgery’ from routine operations, giving Scottish patients a quicker, and almost pain-free, recovery. Patient ...

Robotic heart surgery is a minimally invasive approach to cardiac surgery that allows surgeons to perform complex procedures through small incisions, using a robotic system. This technology enhances ...

This photo was taken after the surgery to correct the bleed on Poppy McGee’s brain last year. She is in the center in the front, in her wheelchair. Mollie is to her left, along with Mollie’s daughter, ...

Doctors discovered Anna Cole, 13, had a 5-pound benign tumor in her chest. Jan. 13, 2012— -- Anna Cole was only 10 years old when doctors found a tumor the size of a volleyball growing in the ...

In 2025, U.S. surgeons performed first robotic heart transplant to be completed without opening the patient's chest cavity. Rating: Mixture (About this rating?) What's True: In March 2025, surgeons at ...