Robotic thoracic surgery

Sep 9, 2023 by in GENERAL SURGERY Comments Off on Robotic thoracic surgery

Introduction The minimally invasive journey in thoracic surgery now includes robotics. This has largely been dominated by the da Vinci platform, although newer devices from Johnson & Johnson, Cambridge, Medronic,…

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Ureteral reimplantation, bladder diverticulectomy, prostatic utricular resection, bladder augmentation, continent catheterizable channel

Sep 9, 2023 by in GENERAL SURGERY Comments Off on Ureteral reimplantation, bladder diverticulectomy, prostatic utricular resection, bladder augmentation, continent catheterizable channel

Ureteral reimplantation (ureteroneocystostomy) Introduction Ureteral reimplantation remains the gold standard for correction of vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) refractory to nonoperative or endoscopic management. In the United States, traditional open reimplantation has…

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Robotic cardiac surgery

Sep 9, 2023 by in GENERAL SURGERY Comments Off on Robotic cardiac surgery

Introduction Cardiac surgery was one of the first surgical specialties that was envisioned to be ideal for robotic surgery. While the breadth of cardiac applications has been not as broad…

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Whipple’s operation and distal pancreatectomy

Sep 9, 2023 by in GENERAL SURGERY Comments Off on Whipple’s operation and distal pancreatectomy

Introduction Over the past three decades, the evolution of minimally invasive surgery has paved the way for performing complex abdominal operations. Although the implementation of laparoscopic surgery was incorporated in…

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Robot bariatric surgery

Sep 9, 2023 by in GENERAL SURGERY Comments Off on Robot bariatric surgery

Introduction Bariatric surgery represents a field in which one operation can “cure” a patient of numerous medical comorbidities and is the only proven method that results in long-term weight loss…

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