Robotic Surgery Current Applications and New Trends /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Spinoglio, Giuseppe (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Milano : Springer Milan : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Updates in Surgery,
• Subjects: Medicine.; Radiology.; Abdominal surgery.; Surgery.; Minimally invasive surgery.; Thoracic surgery.; Surgical oncology.; Medicine & Public Health.; General Surgery.; Minimally Invasive Surgery.; Thoracic Surgery.; Surgical Oncology.; Abdominal Surgery.; Imaging / Radiology.

This book describes the current applications of the robotic system in general surgery, focusing on the technical aspects of the procedures most commonly performed by this means. It provides a comprehensive overview of the state of the art in robotic surgery and presents the most recently available e...

Table of Contents:

•  Foreword
• Preface
• 1 History of Robotic Surgery
• 2 Transaxillary Thyroidectomy and Parathyroidectomy
• 3 Zenker diverticulum treatment
• 4 Thoracic surgery
• 5 Esophagectomy for cancer
• 6 Anti-Reflux Procedures and Cardioesophagomyotomy
• 7  Gastrectomy for cancer
• 8 Robotic Subtotal Gastrectomy: a Modified Korean Technique
• 9 Hepatic resections
• 10 Biliary Tract Tumors (Resection and Reconstruction)
• 11 Pancreatic Surgery for Cancer
• 12 Right Colectomy for Cancer: Three-arm Technique
• 13 Right Colectomy with Complete Mesocolic Excision: Four-arm Technique
• 14 Left colectomy and segmental resections for cancer
• 15 Robotic surgery for complicated diverticulitis
• 16 Hybrid robotic technique for rectal cancer (low anterior resection and abdominal perineal resection)
• 17 Full robotic technique for rectal cancer
• 18 Single-Site™ Surgery
• 19 ICG Fluorescence: current and future applications
• 20 Splenectomy and hemisplenectomy.-21 Transperitoneal Adrenalectomy.-22 Robotic assisted organ transplantation.