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In newer maze operations surgeons do not crack open the breastbone and stop the heart while putting the patient on a heart-lung machine as in the Cox Maze operation.
Typical Mini-Maze incisions locations Mini-Maze Operations Mark Gillinov of the Cleveland Clinic, having the Maze surgery alone generally should be done only after other therapies have been tried. (Voltage mapping of post-Maze patients may show that their left atrium has reduced or is entirely devoid of electrical activity because of the extensive scarring.)Īccording to Surgeon A. The Cox Maze IV operation does work and has a high success rate (“approximately 75% at two years”) but it hasn’t been used often because of the risks of open heart surgery, the danger of bleeding from the incisions, the pain, discomfort and prolonged convalescence from the operation, and the resulting reduced atrial function due to the incisions/lesions. calls it a Minimally Invasive Cox-Maze IV. 1, 2 Access to the heart on pulmonary bypass can be through the sternum (breast bone) or through incisions in the chest. In a later version of the operation, the Cox Maze IV, most of the “cut and sew” incisions are replaced with linear ablation lesions created either with radiofrequency energy or cryothermy (freezing). 3 Maze Surgery is Recommended in Some Cases.Walter Kerwin, MD, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
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