This book is intended as a definitive, state of the art guide to robotic surgery that summarizes the field for surgeons at all levels. More specifically, its goals are threefold: to review the basics of robotic surgery, including fundamental principles, technology, operating room setup, and workflow; to describe and illustrate the procedures most commonly performed in a robotic operating room; and to discuss key issues relating to cost, adoption, and training. Procedures from many surgical disciplines are included, which will aid robotic surgeons in supervising and assisting colleagues in these disciplines and simultaneously heighten their awareness of the tricks and tools used in other disciplines that can be retasked for their own purposes. In addition, the future prospects for robotic surgery, including anticipated developments in equipment, are discussed. The Textbook and Atlas of Robotic Surgery will be an excellent aid for residents and fellows entering the field, as well as a welcome update on recent progress for practicing robotic surgeons and an ideal primer for senior surgeons adapting these new technologies to their current practice.

History of Robots and Robotic Surgery

Robotic Operating Rooms
Developing a Robotic Surgical Program
Legal Aspects of Setting-up a Robotic Program
Financial Considerations in Robotic Surgery
Visualization in Robotic Surgery
Workflow in Robotic Surgery
Anesthetic Implications of Robotic Surgery: Positioning and Access
Urgent and Emergent Conversions in Robotic Surgery
Hybrid Robot-assisted Surgery
Robot-Assisted Partial Nephrectomy
Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy
Robot-Assisted Adrenalectomy
Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Cystoprostatectomy and Anterior Exenteration
Robotic Pelvic and Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection
Hysterectomy with Bilateral Salpingo-oophorectomy
Radical Hysterectomy
Robotic-Assisted Sacrocolpopexy
Total Gastrectomy
Radical Distal Subtotal Gastrectomy and D2 Lymphadenectomy for Gastric Cancer
Multiport and Single-Site Robotic Cholecystectomy
Colectomy
Robotic Total Colectomy
Robotic Low Anterior Resection.-Transanal Excision
Robotic Distal Pancreatectomy
Robotic Pancreatoduodenectomy
Robotic Pyloric Preserving Pancreaticoduodenectomy
Liver Resection: Right Lobectomy
Robotic Partial Hepatectomy
Robot-Assisted Bariatric Surgery
Robotic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass
Robotic Operations for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
Heller Myotomy
Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy (RAMIE): The Ivor Lewis Approach
Robotic Pulmonary Resections
Robotic Mediastinal Surgery
Transoral Robotic Surgery
Robotic-assisted Ventral Hernia Repair
Inguinal Hernia Repair
Robotic Transaxillary Thyroidectomy: A Modified Protocol for the Western Medical Community
Thyroidectomy: Robotic Facelift Approach
Transaxillary Robotic Modified Radical Neck Dissection.