Singapore Offers Heart Patients Minimally Invasive Robot Assisted Surgeries

PRWeb, 7 Apr 2009
Singapore (PRWEB) April 7, 2009 -- Singapore's National Heart Centre (NHC) is one of a few centers in Asia that performs complicated mitral valve repairs with the aid of advanced robotic systems such as da Vinci.
"Our robotic assisted minimally invasive cardiothoracic surgery (RAMICS) program offers patients an alternative to conventional open heart surgery, which is the traditional way of treating mitral valve disease," explains Dr Chua Yeow Leng, a Senior Consultant for Cardiothoracic Surgery at NHC.
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