Main description:

Essentials of Robotic Surgery is designed to present a comprehensive and state-of-the-art approach to robotic surgery within the broad confines of general surgery. Sections address preliminary issues faced by surgeons who may be initially undertaking robotics. These areas include training, basic techniques and setup, as well as general troubleshooting. Subsequent chapters focus on specific disease processes and the robotic applications for those procedures. Written by experts in the field, each of these sections addresses patient selection, preoperative considerations, technical conduct of the most common operations, and avoiding complications. A brief review of the existing literature addressing the particular topic follows in each section. The text concludes with chapters on other robotic platforms beyond the only current FDA approved device (Intuitive Surgical) as well as future directions, including single-site, enhanced imaging, 3-D modeling, and tele-proctoring, including to and distant site surgery. Extensive illustrations and links to video make this an interactive text that will be of great value to general surgeons and associated sub-specialists, trainees including residents and fellows, fully trained surgeons looking to start a robotic surgery practice, and experienced robotic surgeons looking to expand the types of procedures that they currently perform robotically.

Contents:

1: History of and Current Systems in Robotic Surgery

Heidi Ryan and Shawn Tsuda

2: Training and Credentialing in Robotic Surgery

Tomasz Rogula, Pablo A. Acquafresca, and Martin Bazan

3: Basic Set-Up, Principles, and Troubleshooting in Robotic Surgery

Chan W. Park and Dana D. Portenier

4: Essentials and Future Directions of Robotic Esophageal Surgery

Umer I. Chaudhry and W. Scott Melvin

5: Essentials and Future Directions of Robotic Gastric Surgery

Pornthep Prathanvanich and Bipan Chand

6: Essentials and Future Directions of Robotic Bariatric Surgery

Shinil K. Shah, Peter A. Walker, Brad E. Snyder, and Erik B. Wilson

7: Essentials and Future Directions of Robotic Colon Surgery

I.Emre Gorgun

8: Essentials and Future Directions of Robotic Rectal Surgery

Raul Martin Bosio and Alessio Pigazzi

9: Essentials and Future Directions of Robotic Hepato-Biliary Surgery, Including Cholecystectomy

M. Shirin Sabbaghian, Suzanne C. Schiffman, and Allan Tsung

10: Essentials and Future Directions of Robotic Pancreatic Surgery

Melanie Ongchin, Melissa E. Hogg, Herbert J. Zeh III, and Amer H. Zureikat

11: Essentials and Future Directions of Robotic Endocrine Surgery

Ryaz Chagpar and Eren Berber

12: Essentials and Future Directions of Robotic Major Pulmonary Resection

Bernard J. Park, Joanne Glanville, and Gregg Baranski

13: Single-Site Surgery

Dan Eisenberg and Sherry M. Wren

14: Advanced Imaging, Tele-proctoring, and Off-Site Surgery

Trang Kim Nguyen and Kevin El-Hayek

15: Future Directions and Alternate Systems for Robotic Surgery

G. Dante Roulette and Myriam J. Curet

Index