RT Book, Section
A1 Ellison, E. Christopher
A1 Zollinger, Jr., Robert M.
A1 Pawlik, Timothy M.
A1 Vaccaro, Patrick S.
A1 Bitans, Marita
A1 Baker, Anthony S.
SR Print(0)
ID 1187821904
T1 Low Anterior Resection, Robotic
T2 Zollinger’s Atlas of Surgical Operations, 11e
YR 2022
FD 2022
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260440850
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1187821904
RD 2024/10/13
AB Robotic  assisted  minimally  invasive  surgery  has  assumed  an  increasingly  important  role  in  the  modern  practice  of  surgery  with  expanding  applications  across  surgical  disciplines.  The  enhanced  high-definition  three-dimensional  (3D)  visualization  accompanied  by  advanced  instrumentation  with  fully  wristed  articulating  dexterity  makes  robotic  technology  an  ideal  tool  for  operations  requiring  the  finest  precision.  These  attributes  are  especially  pertinent  in  areas  where  anatomic  constraints  lead  to  limited  exposure  and  maneuverability.  While  increasing  adoption  of  the  robotic  platform  has  been  witnessed  in  all  general  surgical  procedures,  nowhere  has  it  been  more  pertinent  than  in  deep  pelvic  surgeries.  The  pelvic  cavity  not  only  poses  the  aforementioned  challenges  in  terms  of  surgical  exposure  and  anatomic  restrictions  by  the  bony  pelvis,  but  it  also  places  the  surgeon  in  considerable  ergonomic  strain  whether  an  open  or  laparoscopic  technique  is  used.  The  robot  effectively  mitigates  some  of  these  ergonomic  challenges,  making  it  an  ideal  tool  for  deep  pelvic  operations.  Robotic  technology  should  be  considered  an  additional  tool  in  the  surgeon’s  armamentarium,  not  that  it  should  be  used  in  an  attempt  to  overcome  inadequate  experience  or  suboptimal  technical  skills.