Why the study?
Robot-assisted surgery introduces challenges for anaesthesia care, including patient positioning, system bulkiness, and distance from the patient, necessitating familiarity with these concerns to ensure perioperative safety.
Anaesthesiologists must familiarize themselves with the unique challenges of robot-assisted surgery to ensure patient safety.
Anesthesiologists must adapt protocols for robotic surgery positioning and access; extends evidence on perioperative challenges in minimally invasive procedures.
Technological advances in the field of surgery and medicine have increased the demand for minimally invasive surgery manifold. Robot assisted surgery is gaining popularity, overcoming the flaws of laparoscopic techniques; with improved surgical precision. The conservative nature of anaesthesia care has to face the challenges with respect to patient positioning, bulkiness of the operating system and being positioned far and away from the patient. Anaesthesiologist's commitment to be the 'best man' for the patient during the perioperative period mandates him to familiarise with these challenges of robot assisted surgical system and provide best possible anaesthetic care and ensure patient safety. In this article, a systematic review of the development of surgical robots and the consideration of unique anaesthetic concerns thereof have been undertaken as any new technology is known to be accompanied by its risks and technical perplexity.
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