Atlas of Robotic General Surgery is a state-of-the-art reference in the rapidly changing field of robotic general surgery. It presents a comprehensive overview of current options across the entire spectrum of general surgery, with contributions by key opinion leaders in their respective fields. This unique text-atlas describes the latest trends and detailed technical modifications from the routine to the most complex procedures, highlighted by step-by-step, vividly illustrations instructions, intraoperative color photographs, and a unique narrated video collection. Atlas of Robotic General Surgery is an invaluable resource to residents, fellows, and practicing surgeons to help them successfully implement and apply robotics in their training and/or everyday practice.


Key Features



* Provides detailed instruction on robotic procedures of the abdominal wall, foregut, bariatric, hepatobilliary, colorectal, and endocrine surgeries, for a unique, all-in-one surgical resource.


* Offers vividly illustrated guidance on all current robotic procedures through step-by-step instructions, intraoperative color photographs, and expertly edited, narrated video clips.


* Highlights the common technical pitfalls of each procedure as well as prevention and management of common perioperative complications.


* Features expert contributions from key foregut, bariatric, oncologic, hepatobiliary, and colorectal surgeons.


* Includes up-to-date coverage of the appropriate pathways for mastering robotics, practice optimization, and programmatic viability, as well as resident training curricula.


* Enhanced eBook version included with purchase, which allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices

Section I: General Issues in Robotic Surgery


1 Overview of Existing Robotic Platforms

Laura Flores, Priscila Rodrigues Armijo, Salim Hosein, Dmitry Oleynikov


2 Teaching Robotic Surgery

Vahagn C. Nikolian, Jake G. Prigoff , Dina Podolsky


3 Achieving Profi ciency: Mastering the Learning Curve

Andrea Pakula


Section II: Robotic Hernia Surgery


4 Clinical Anatomy and Physiology of the Abdominal Wall

Luis A. Martin-Del-Campo


5 Preoperative Imaging in Hernia Surgery

David J. Morrell, Eric M. Pauli


6 Perioperative Optimization of a Hernia Patient

Samuel Torres-Landa, Sean B. Orenstein


7 Robotic Inguinal Hernia Repair with Mesh

Allegra Saving


8 Robotic Inguinal Hernia Repair without Mesh

Desmond Huynh, Shirin Towfi gh


9 Anatomy of the Groin and Robotic Neurectomies

Ian T. MacQueen, Sean M. O’Neill, David C. Chen


10 Robotic Intraperitoneal Hernia Repair

Hemasat Alkhatib, Ajita S. Prabhu


11 Robotic Transabdominal Preperitoneal (rTAPP) Ventral Hernia Repair

Kelly Tunder, Emily Helmick, Conrad Ballecer


12 Robotic Transabdominal Retrorectus Repair

Filip Muysoms


13 Robotic Totally Extraperitoneal Retrorectus Repair

Igor Belyansky, Richard Lu


14 Robotic Transversus Abdominis Release (r-TAR) Procedure

Dina Podolsky, Vahagn C. Nikolian, Yuri W. Novitsky


15 Robotic Anterior Component Separation

Flavio Malcher, Leandro Totti Cavazzola, Eduardo Parra-Davila


16 Robotic Parastomal Hernia Repair

Vedra Augenstein, Samuel Yelverton, William Charles Sherrill III


Section III: Robotic Bariatric and Foregut Surgery


17 Robotic Gastrectomy

Alexander S. Rosemurgy, Sharona B. Ross, Timothy J. Bourdeau, Iswanto Sucandy


18 Robotic Sleeve Gastrectomy

Francesca Dimou, Cheguevara Afaneh


19 Robotic Gastric Bypass

Abraham Krikhely


20 Robotic Hiatal Hernia Repair and Antirefl ux Surgery

Colin Dunn, Aleeson Eka, Caitlin Houghton


21 Robotic Paraesophageal Hernia Repair

Mohanad R. Youssef, Eric Rachlin, Carlos A. Galvani


22 Robotic Heller Myotomy

Marcia Alayon-Rosario, Alfredo M. Carbonell


23 Robotic Transhiatal Esophagectomy

Sharona B. Ross, Andres Giovannetti, Iswanto Sucandy, Trenton Lippert, Alexander S. Rosemurgy


Section IV: Intestinal and Colorectal Surgery


24 Robotic Right Colectomy

Jerald D. Wishner


25 Robotic Left Hemicolectomy and Low-anterior Resection

Sandeep S. Vijan


Section V: Robotic Hepato-Biliary and Solid Organ Surgery


26 Robotic Multiport Cholecystectomy

Clark Gerhart


27 Robotic Single-Site Cholecystectomy

Anthony Gonzalez


28 Robotic Splenectomy

Hany Takla


29 Robotic Hepatectomy

Sarah Corn, Ali Ahmad


30 Robotic Distal Pancreatectomy

Kazuki N. Sugahara, John A. Chabot


31 Robotic Whipple Procedure

Jesse Sulzer, Dioneses Vrochides, John B. Martinie


32 Robotic Pylorus-preserving Pancreaticoduodenectomy and Cholecystectomy

Sharona B. Ross, Alexander S. Rosemurgy, Jack Wecowski, Timothy J. Bourdeau, Iswanto Sucandy


33 Robotic Adrenalectomy – Transabdominal Approach

Maureen M. Tedesco, Micaela M. Esquivel


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