Key result
Robotic surgery requires specific anesthetic considerations, including the management of extreme patient positioning, pneumoperitoneum, and restricted patient access due to bulky equipment.
Anesthesiologists must adapt to the unique patient positioning and equipment arrangements required during robotic surgery to ensure patient safety.
Demands vigilance for positioning and access challenges in robotic cases; leaves open prospective validation of protocols.
Recently, demand for minimally invasive surgery has increased greatly. As a result, robot-assisted techniques have gained in popularity, because they overcome several of the shortcomings of conventional laparoscopic techniques. However, robotic surgery may require innovations with regard to patient positioning and the overall arrangement of operative equipment and personnel, which may go against the conservative nature of anesthesia care. Anesthesiologists should become familiar with these changes by learning the basic features of robotic surgical systems to offer better anesthetic care and promote patient safety.
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Jeong Rim Lee (2014) conducted a review in Robotic surgery. Robotic surgery was evaluated. Robotic surgery requires specific anesthetic considerations, including the management of extreme patient positioning, pneumoperitoneum, and restricted patient access due to bulky equipment.
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