Feasibility and early safety of minimally invasive lower median sternotomy in aortic valve replacement.

Surg Open Sci · 2026 · PMC13224375 · PMID 42232470

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did not reach statistical significanceP = 0.177not close (p > 0.1)

264.9 ± 77.7 min), the difference did not reach statistical significance ( P = 0.177), which may be attributed to the learning curve of minimally invasive techniques or the small sample size.

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