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Trainees can learn minimally invasive aortic valve replacement without compromising safety.

Gopal Soppa¹, Martin Yates¹, Alessandro Viviano¹

¹Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Anaesthesia, St George's Hospital, London, UK.

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

|January 9, 2015

Summary

Minimally invasive aortic valve replacement (Mini-AVR) is safe when performed by trainees, showing equivalent outcomes to attending surgeons. This advanced procedure can be taught without compromising patient safety or increasing hospital stays.

Keywords:

Aortic valve replacement Minimally invasive aortic valve replacement Training

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Area of Science:

Cardiovascular Surgery
Minimally Invasive Procedures
Surgical Training

Background:

Minimally invasive aortic valve replacement (Mini-AVR) offers benefits over conventional AVR, including reduced bleeding and shorter hospital stays.
Mini-AVR is a technically demanding procedure, raising questions about its suitability for surgical trainees.

Purpose of the Study:

To evaluate the impact of trainee performance on short-term outcomes in elective and urgent Mini-AVR procedures.
To assess the safety and efficacy of Mini-AVR when performed by surgical trainees.

Main Methods:

A retrospective analysis of 205 isolated Mini-AVR procedures performed between September 2005 and December 2012.
Data collected included operative details, trainee involvement, and short-term patient outcomes.
Comparison of outcomes between procedures performed by attending surgeons and trainees.

Main Results:

36% of Mini-AVR procedures were performed by trainees.
Trainee-performed procedures showed slightly longer cross-clamp and bypass times (P=0.03).
Conversion to full sternotomy occurred in 2.4% of cases, exclusively in those performed by attending surgeons. No significant differences in intensive care or hospital stay were observed between trainee and attending surgeon groups. In-hospital mortality was low at 0.5%.

Conclusions:

Minimally invasive aortic valve replacement can be successfully taught to surgical trainees.
Trainee involvement in Mini-AVR does not compromise patient safety, conversion rates, or hospital length of stay.
Mini-AVR is a viable and safe option for training future cardiac surgeons.