Only prevalent heart disease can be minimally invasive? Doctors and patients have long been satisfied that only atrial and ventricular defects can be minimally invasive surgery, in the field of valve disease, cardiac surgeons have begun to explore, with the sole purpose of curing the disease, at the same time, to give the patient less trauma, has achieved a better quality of life. Take a look at minimally invasive incisions. Minimally invasive valve surgery can be categorized into three types: straight axillary incision (easier to master, no need for special instruments, the incision is about 8-10cm or longer), small thoracoscopic-assisted axillary incision (the incision is even smaller, need special instruments, and need to learn for several months to master it), and robotic surgery (the incision is small, but the equipment is expensive, and it is harder to promote it), and the first two types have been used more often in China. Intraoperative picture Minimally invasive valve surgery can overwhelmingly treat lesions of mitral, aortic and tricuspid valves without destroying the integrity of the thorax, and the postoperative recovery is fast. For patients with aortic or mitral valves who have very poor cardiac function or other diseases that cannot tolerate surgery, valve replacement (TAVI) can now be performed through the femoral artery or the apical portion of the heart without stopping the heart from beating, and the former has gradually begun to be applied in China. In the past, these patients often passed away while waiting; now we have a way to prolong their lives!