After Minimally Invasive Robotic Heart Surgery, How Large Is The Scar ? - Dr. Raczkowski
Dr. Raczkowski shares if minimally invasive robotic heart surgery creates less scarring than traditional heart surgery.
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Dr. Raczkowski:
Because there’s no major muscle or bone, which is cut, the pain and recovery process is so much less, patients are able to resume their normal activities normally within a week following the surgery. So there’s a substantial difference both in the recovery phase, the amount of pain that’s involved, and cosmetic, in terms of positioning of those incisions.
About Dr. Raczkowski, M.D.:
Dr. Allen Raczkowski, certified by the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Thoracic Surgery, leads the robotic heart surgery program at Banner Heart Hospital. He has performed nearly 400 procedures using that surgical system, making the Banner Heart Hospital robotic surgery program one of the top three in the nation.

