Robotics in Genitourinary Surgery

Ashok K. Hemal, MS, DipNB, MCh, MAMS, FICS, FACS, FAMS, FRCS (Glasg): Professor, Department of Urology, Director, Robotics and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC. Dr Hemal has also contributed to several robotic programs worldwide.

Part 1. History, Basics and Development Program.- 1. The History of Robotic Surgery.- 2. Robotic Instrumentation and Operating Room Setup.- 3. Port Placement in Robotic Urologic Surgery.- 4. How to improve operating room efficiency.- 5. Anesthetic Consideration for Robotic Urologic Surgery.- 6. Robotic Urologic Surgery: How to Make an Effective Robotic Program.- 7. Witnessing the Transition of Open to Robotic Surgery.- Part 2. Training and Research.- 8. Training in Robotic Urologic Surgery.- 9. Animal Laboratory Training: Current Status and How Essential Is It?.- 10. Training of Operating Room Technician and Nurses in Robotic Surgery.- 11. How to establish training program for Robotic Surgery.- 12. Training, Credentialing, and Hospital Privileging for Robotic Urological Surgery - American Perspective.- 13. Training, Credentialing, and Hospital Privileging for Robotic Urological Surgery - European Perspective.- Part 3. The Prostate.- 14. Development of the Vattikuti Institute Prostatectomy: Historical Perspective and Technical Nuances.- 15. CauteryFree Technique of Robot Assisted Radical prostatectomy: Impact on nerve preservation and Long Term Outcome on Recovery of Sexual Function.-16. Extraperitoneal Robot Assisted Radical Prostatectomy: Simulating the Gold Standard.- 17.Retzius Sparing Approach for Robot Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy.- 18. Robot Assisted Laparoscopic Pelvic Lymph node dissection for Prostate Cancer.- 19. Current Concepts in Cavernosal Neural Anatomy Imaging and Their Implications for Nerve Sparing Radical Prostatectomy.- 20. Robot Assisted Radical Prostatectomy for Large Glands and Median Lobe.- 21. Technique and Advances in Robotic Prostatectomy.- 22. Techniques to Improve Urinary Continence Following Robot Assisted Radical Prostatectomy.- 23. Techniques to Improve Sexual Function Following Robot Assisted Radical Prostatectomy.- 24. Complications of Robotic Prostatectomy.- 25. Functional and Oncological Outcomes after Robotic Prostatectomy.- 26. Robotic Simple Prostatectomy.- 27. How to decrease margin positivity in Radical Prostatectomy.-28. Radical Prostatectomy for High grade High volume prostate Cancer.- 29. Robot assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy in patients with Single and Dual kidney transplant, heart and lung transplant, and those with inflatable penile prosthesis.- 30. Management of Complications of Robotic radical prostatectomy.- 31. Best Evidence Regarding the Superiority or Inferiority of Robot Assisted Radical Prostatectomy.- 32. Economics of Robot Assisted Radical Prostatectomy.- Part 4. Adrenal, Kidney and Ureter.- 33. Robot Assisted Adrenalectomy.- 34. Robot Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Nephrectomy: Basic principles and Technique.- 35. Robot Assisted Nephrectomy for Complex Tumors Robotic Complex Radical Nephrectomy including role of Lymphadenectomy and cytoreductive surgery.- 36. Robot Assisted Partial Nephrectomy: Basic principles and Technique.- 37. Robot Assisted Partial Nephrectomy for Complex Tumors.- 38. Robot Assisted Retroperitoneal Approach for Kidney Surgery.- 39. Newer Technique and Advances in Robotic Partial Nephrectomy.- 40. Robot Assisted Laparoscopic Nephroureterectomy for Benign and Malignant conditions.- 41. Manish Patel Robot Assisted Laparoscopic Pyeloplasty.- 42. Robotic Surgery for Urolithiasis.- 43. Ureteral Reconstruction Utilizing Robotic Assisted Technique.- 44. Outcomes and Complications of Robotic Kidney Surgery.- Part 5. Kidney Transplant.- 45. Robot assisted Donor Nephrectomy.- 46. Robot Assisted Kidney Transplantation with Regional Hypothermia: Technique and perioperative outcomes.- 47. Robot Assisted Kidney Transplantation in Morbidly Obese Technique and perioperative outcomes.- 48. Robot Assisted Kidney Transplantation: Complication and Longterm Outcomes.