Da Vinci Surgery > Mitral Valve Repair

Mitral valve repair

If your doctor recommends surgery to treat mitral valve prolapse, you may be a candidate for da Vinci® mitral valve repair, potentially the most effective, least invasive treatment option available.

Da Vinci mitral valve repair is an alternative to conventional open heart surgery – the traditional way to treat mitral valve disease. Da Vinci mitral valve repair is performed using the da Vinci Surgical System, enabling your surgeon to operate with unparalleled precision and control through a few small incisions.

Da Vinci can help your surgeon repair your valve and help you avoid mitral valve replacement. In addition to avoiding the pain of sternotomy and rib spreading, da Vinci mitral valve repair may provide patients with the following benefits over open surgery:

• less risk of infection
• less blood loss and need for blood transfusions
• shorter hospital stay
• significantly less pain and scarring
• faster recovery
• quicker return to normal activities
• potentially better clinical outcome

As with any surgery, these benefits cannot be guaranteed, as surgery is both patient- and procedure-specific.

More information

To learn more about cardiac da Vinci surgeries at Park Nicollet, call 952-993-3246.