Contributors

ix

Foreword

xiii

Preface

xv

Acknowledgments

xvii

PART 1

GENERAL SECTION

1

Overview of Robotic Surgery   Farid Gharagozloo, Farzad Najam, and Marc Margolis

3

2

The Technology of Robotic Surgery   Michael Hanuschik

9

3

Operating Room Setup and Robot Preparation   Eric Strother, Farzad Najam, Farid Gharagozloo, Marc Margolis, Bessie Gessner, Alvin Jones, and Hazel Darisse

14

4

Anesthesia for Robotic Surgery   Jason D. Sankar

31

PART 2

CARDIAC SURGERY

5

Robotics in Cardiac Surgery   Farzad Najam, Frederick C. Lough, Marc Margolis, and Farid Gharagozloo

37

6

Single Vessel Small Thoracotomy Robotic-Assisted Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting   Farzad Najam, Frederick C. Lough, Marc Margolis, and Farid Gharagozloo

46

7

Multivessel Small Thoracotomy Robotic-Assisted Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting   VA Subramanian, Nilesh U. Patel, and Nirav C. Patel

53

8

Robotic-Assisted Totally Endoscopic Closed-Chest Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting   Stephan Jacobs and Volkmar Falk

60

9

Robot-Assisted Mitral Valve Repair   Alan P. Kypson, L. Wiley Nifong, and W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr.

67

10

Robot-Assisted Atrial Septal Defect Closure   Timothy P. Martens and Michael Argenziano

78

11

Robot-Assisted Epicardial Lead Placement   José Luis Navia, Fernando A. Atik, and Massami Takagaki

84

12

Postoperative Care Following Robotic Cardiothoracic Surgery   Nevin M. Katz

94

PART 3

THORACIC SURGERY

13

Lung Cancer Staging for Robotic Surgery   Robert F. Browning Jr., Omer Ozbudak, and Ko Pen Wang

115

14

Robotic Completely Endoscopic Lobectomy: Evolution from Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery to Robotic-Assisted Video Surgery (Vats to Ravs)   Farid Gharagozloo, Marc Margolis, Farzad Najam, Barbara Tempesta, and Eitan Podgaetz

122

15

Robotic Lobectomy   Robert C. Ashton, Jr. and Laura Withers

147

16

Robotic Surgery for Benign Esophageal Disease   Scott Belsley and Robert C. Ashton, Jr.

153

17

Robotic Esophageal Myotomy (Heller)—Thoracic Approach   Farid Gharagozloo, Marc Margolis, Barbara Tempesta, and Farzad Najam

163

18

Robot-Assisted Transhiatal Esophagectomy   Carlos Galvani and Santiago Horgan

174

19

Robot-Assisted Ivor-Lewis Esophagectomy   Farid Gharagozloo, Marc Margolis, Barbara Tempesta, Farzad Najam, and Mohammed Kalan

180

20

Robotic Mediastinal Surgery   Marc Margolis, Farid Gharagozloo, Barbara Tempesta, and Farzad Najam

199

21

Robotic Highly Selective Dorsal Thoracic Sympathectomy   Farid Gharagozloo, Marc Margolis, Farzad Najam, and Barbara Tempesta

211

22

Analgesia Following Robotic Thoracic Surgery   Barbara Tempesta, Farid Gharagozloo, Marc Margolis, Vicky Cole, and Farzad Najam

219

PART 4

GENERAL SURGERY

23

Robotics in General Surgery   Azhar Rafiq and Ronald C. Merrell

231

24

Robotic Esophageal Myotomy (Heller)—Abdominal Approach   Carlos Galvani and Santiago Horgan

240

25

Robotic Repair of Paraesophageal Hernias   Werner A. Draaisma and Ivo A.M.J. Broeders

247

26

Robotic-Assisted Antireflux Surgery   Carlos Galvani and Santiago Horgan

256

27

Robotic Laparoscopic Belsey Repair for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease   Farid Gharagozloo, Marc Margolis, Barbara Tempesta, Farzad Najam, and Mohammed Kalan

262

28

Robotics in Bariatric Surgery   Geoffrey S. Nadzam and Myriam J. Curet

278

29

Robotic Gastric Surgery   Makoto Hashizume

287

30

Robotic Surgery for Aortoiliac Occlusive Disease   Bart E. Muhs, Rutger J. Hissink, Ivo A.M.J. Broeders, Frans L. Moll, and Hence J.M. Verhagen

294

31

Robotic Colorectal Surgery   Douglas R. Ewing, Alessio Pigazzi, and Garth H. Ballantyne

298

32

Robotic Rectovaginopexy   Werner A. Draaisma, Lucas W.M. Janssen, and Ivo A.M.J. Broeders

312

PART 5

UROLOGICAL SURGERY

33

Robotics in Urology   Louis Eichel and Thomas E. Ahleing

321

34

Development of a Robotic Prostatectomy Program   Jason D. Engel and Harold A. Frazier, II

331

35

Robotic Radical Prostatectomy: Assessment of Treatment Outcomes   Kristofer R. Wagner and Fernando J. Bianco, Jr.

339

36

Robotic Sacral Colpopexy   Daniel S. Elliott and George K. Chow

347

37

Robotic-Assisted Pyeloplasty   Kristofer R. Wagner, Thomas W. Jarrett, and Jason D. Engel

352

38

Robotic Donor Nephrectomy   Carlos Galvani, Santiago Horgan, and Enrico Benedetti

366

39

Evolution and Future Directions of Robotic-Assisted Urology   Jason D. Engel

372

PART 6

NEW FRONTIERS

40

The Role of Robotic Surgery During Space Exploration   Ronald C. Merrell and Azhar Rafiq

383

41

Robotic Surgery: The Future   Farid Gharagozloo, Farzad Najam, and Marc Margolis

386

42

Operating Room of the Future, Surgical Simulation and Microrobots   Farzad Najam, Michael R. Treat, Pablo Garcia, Frederick C. Lough, Marc Margolis, and Farid Gharagozloo

390

Index

407