Robotics in General Surgery

Keith Chae Kim, MD Florida Hospital Celebration Health, Metabolic Medicine and Surgery Institute, Celebration, FL, USA

Section 1. Overview of the Robotic System.- 1. History of Robotic Surgery.- 2. Introduction to the Robotic System.- 3. Overview of General Advantages, Limitations and Strategies.- Section 2. Surgical Techniques: Esophagus.- 4. Robotic Assisted Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy.- 5. Robotic Assisted Operations for Gastroesophageal Reflux.- 6. Achalasia.- Section 3. Surgical Techniques: Thoracic.- 7. Robotic Lobectomy Complete Port-Access Robotic Assisted Lobectomy Utilizing 3 – Arm Technique without a Trans-Thoraric Utility Incision.- 8. Robotic Pulmonary Resection Using a Completely Portal Four-Arm Technique.- Section 4. Surgical Techniques: Stomach.- 9. Gastric Cancer: Partial, Subtotal, Total Gastrectomies/ Lymph Node Dissection for Gastric Malignancies.- Section 5. Surgical Techniques: Bariatric.- 10. Robotic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass.- 11. Robotic Sleeve Gastrectomy.- 12. Robotic Biliopancreatic Diversion: Robot-Assisted (Hybrid) Biliopancreatic Diversion with Duodenal Switch.- Section 6. Surgical Techniques: Hepatobiliary /Pancreas.- 13. Robotic Pancreaticoduodenectomy (Whipple Procedure).- 14. Robotic Distal Pancreatectomy.- 15. Robotic Hepatic Resections: Segmentectomy, Lobectomy, Parenchymal Sparing.- Section 7. Surgical Techniques: Colon and Rectum.- 16. Robotic Right Colectomy: Four-Arm Technique.- 17. Robotic Right Colectomy: Three Arm Technique.- 18. Robotic Left Colectomy.- 19. Totally Robotic Low Anterior Resection.- 20. Robotic Hybrid Low Anterior Resection.- 21. Robotic-Assisted Extralevator Abdominoperineal Resection.- 22. Robotic Single Port Colorectal Surgery.- 23. Robotic Transanal Surgery.- Section 8. Surgical Techniques: Endocrine.- 24. Robotic Thyroidectomy and Radical Neck Dissection Using a Gasless Transaxillary Approach.- 25. Robotic Adrenalectomy.- Section 9. Surgical Techniques: Solid Organ.- 26. Robot-Assisted Splenectomy.- 27. Robotic Donor Nephrectomy and Robotic Kidney Transplant.- Section 10. Surgical Techniques: Hernias.- 28. Robot-Assisted Ventral and Incisional Hernia Repair.- Section 11. Surgical Techniques: Pediatric.- 29. Pediatric Robotic Surgery.- Section 12. Surgical Techniques: Microsurgery.- 30. Robotic Assisted Microsurgery for Male Infertility and Chronic Orchialgia.- Section 13. Education and Training.- 31. Developing a Curriculum for Residents & Fellows.- 32. Challenges and Critical Elements of Setting up a Robotics Program.- 33. Professional Education: Telementoring and Teleproctoring.- Section 14. Evolving Platforms.- 34. Single Incision Platform.- 35. Tile Pro.- 36. ICG Flourescence.- Section 15. Future.- 37. Robotics and Remote Surgery: Next Step.- 38. The Future of Robotic Platforms.