Cardiac surgery of excellence at the “Moscati” hospital: two pioneering interventions with the da Vinci robot

Avellino – The San Giuseppe Moscati Hospital in Avellino is writing a new chapter in Campania's medical history: for the first time in the region, two patients have undergone minimally invasive cardiac surgery performed with the da Vinci robot, a cutting-edge technology that ensures surgical precision and faster recovery times.

The interventions: Beating heart bypass without opening the chest

The two patients – a 49-year-old from Avellino and an 80-year-old from Benevento – were successfully operated on by the team led by Dr. Brenno Fiorani, who applied the video-assisted technique to install mammary artery bypass grafts with a closed chest and beating heart.

The Irpinia patient has already been discharged.
The eighty-year-old from Benevento will return home in the next few hours.
The Benefits of Robotics: Less Pain, Less Risk, Faster Recovery

“This is a fundamental first step,” explains Fiorani, “which opens the way to the use of the robot for other cardiac surgery procedures as well.” With the traditional technique, these interventions would have required a sternotomy (the complete opening of the chest), while the da Vinci allowed for the operation by making only three small holes.

Benefits for patients:
Less post-operative pain
Reduction of bleeding
Minor risk of infections
Faster recovery

A technological breakthrough that demonstrates how innovation, combined with medical expertise, can improve not only surgical outcomes, but also the quality of life of patients.