Perioperative Management in Robotic Surgery

Description

Perioperative Management in Robotic Surgery covers perioperative considerations for robot-assisted surgery (RAS), from preoperative through to postoperative. This is the first extensive, evidence-based, clinical work covering the perioperative management of commonly performed and emerging RAS. Included inside are discussions of surgical procedures, preoperative evaluation, patient selection, common emergencies, complications, pain management and recovery (including same day surgery). There are also reviews of patient management, the basics of various procedures and techniques, useful patient care protocols, as well as an overview of the perioperative issues that are unique to any given RAS procedure. The book is written for anesthesiologists, surgeons, and other perioperative physicians - as well as allied health professionals, nurses, and physician assistants who assist during RAS procedures and help manage patients during the perioperative period.

Alan David Kaye, M.D., Ph.D., DABA, DABIPP, DABPM is the Tenured Professor, Program Director, and Chairman of the Department of Anesthesiology at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans. He serves on a number of national committees including the FDA Advisory Board for Anesthetics and Analgesics. He is the editor-in-chief of the journal Pain Physician, an elected Board of Director for the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, and serves on the American Board of Interventional Pain Physicians. He was previously an Associate National Board Examiner in Anesthesiology. Richard D. Urman, M.D., M.B.A, CPE is Chief of Anesthesia Services and Medical Director of Sedation for Interventional Medicine at the Brigham and Women's Hospital Care Center in Boston, Massachusetts and Associate Professor of Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School. He also serves as the Director (Anesthesia) of the interdepartmental Center for Perioperative Research at Brigham and Women's Hospital and directs the newly established Perioperative Medicine Fellowship. He has an adjunct faculty appointment as Research Professor at Louisiana State University and is the Co-Founder of the Institute for Safety in Office-Based Surgery.

'This book is an excellent read for the clinical anesthesiologist and certified registered nurse anesthetist who provides anesthesia to these cases and for future medical students and residents across subspecialties who will master these techniques and provide us with the next robotic revolution. I do believe the future is very bright for robotics in medicine and we are just witnessing the beginning.' Hamdy Awad, Anesthesia & Analgesia 'Overall, the majority of this book is applicable to perioperative practitioners but especially anaesthetic practitioners, anaesthetists, nurses, physician associates responsible for patient positioning, preoperative assessment, investigations whilst highlighting potential complications associated with robotic-assisted surgery.' Jenny Abraham, Journal of Perioperative Practice