Future of open-heart surgery may be through the belly

Future of open-heart surgery may be through the belly

(NewsNation) — The recent success of the first U.S. heart transplant done through fully robotic means suggests a medical future where surgeons use less invasive means to do complicated procedures. In March, Houston cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Kenneth Liao of Baylor College of Medicine oversaw the robotically performed heart transplant in which the medical team went through a 5-inch incision above the patient’s belly button. The patient’s bad hear…