Robotic surgery : practical examples in gynecology /

The advent of robotic surgery brought a rise in the proportion of minimally invasive surgery in gynecology. This book provides a practical guide to this innovative field. First it introduces the basics of robotic surgery and then focuses on specific gynecology-related surgeries. Gynecologists curren...

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Corporate Authors: De Gruyter.
Group Author: Ertan, Kubilay.; Kilic, Sami G.; Kose, M. Faruk
Published: De Gruyter,
Publisher Address: Berlin/Boston :
Publication Dates: [2013]
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9783110306576
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Summary: The advent of robotic surgery brought a rise in the proportion of minimally invasive surgery in gynecology. This book provides a practical guide to this innovative field. First it introduces the basics of robotic surgery and then focuses on specific gynecology-related surgeries. Gynecologists currently practicing robotic surgery as well as those who would like to include robotic surgery in their practice will benefit greatly from this book.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource(xxviii,400pages) : illustrations
Also available in print edition.
ISBN: 9783110306576(electronic bk.)
Index Number: RG104
CLC: R713
Contents: Frontmatter --
Preface --
Acknowledgements --
Contents --
1. Robotic gynecologic surgery introduction /
2. Launching a successful robotic program /
3. Financial analysis of robotic surgery in gynecology /
4. Training and credentialing in robotic gynecologic surgery and legal issues /
5. Patient positioning , trocar placement , and docking for robotic gynecologic procedures /
6. Role of the robotic surgical assistant /
7. Strategies for avoiding complications from robotic gynecologic surgery /
8. Robotically assisted simple hysterectomy /
9. Approach to the big uterus for hysterectomy /
10. The difficult robotic hysterectomy --
11. Robot-assisted laparoscopic myomectomy (RALM) /
12. Endometriosis: robotic-assisted laparoscopic surgical approaches /
13. Robotic-assisted tubal reanastomosis /
14. Robotic-assisted abdominal cerclage /
15. Single-port robotic surgery /
16. Update on robotic surgery in the management of cervical cancer /
17. Robotic-infrarenal aortic lymphadenectomy: A step-by-step approach /
18. Robotic-pelvic and aortic lymphadenectomy for gynecologic malignancies one approach /
19. Robotic-extraperitoneal lymphadenectomy: A step-by-step approach /