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Fig. 4.1 Preoperative and postoperative images of achalasia. (a) This contrast esophagram demonstrates the findings of a hypertensive lower esophageal sphincter with a proximally dilated esophagus, showing a “bird’s beak”…

Fig. 3.1 Operating room setup   5. Antibiotics with gram-negative and gram-positive coverage are administered at induction of anesthesia as they have shown to decrease the risk of postoperative wound…

Fig. 11.1 Recommended configuration of the operating room The Veress technique is utilized to establish pneumoperitoneum. Palmer’s point, 3 cm below the left subcostal border in the midclavicular line, is…

Fig. 27.1 Angle of approach of robot docking for lobectomy (da Vinci Si system) (a) right lobectomy, (b) left lobectomy Fig. 27.2 Angle of approach of robot docking for lobectomy…

Year Author N Surgery Convert to open Lymph nodes 30-day mortality Operative time (min) Leak 2015 Lujan [14] 58 RC 0 20.7 0 193.2 (console time) 1 (1.7%) 2015 Trastulli…

Fig. 5.1 An operating room setup for robot-assisted laparoscopic paraesophageal hernia repair using a side docking technique. The operating room could be set up similarly when using a parallel docking…

, Brian P. Jacob2 and Linda Schultz3 (1) Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02215, USA (2) Department of Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount, Sinai,…

Fig. 17.1 Estimated number of robot-assisted cases performed in the United States. (Data from Intuitive Surgical, Investor Presentation, 2016. Available at: http://​investor.​intuitivesurgica​l.​com/​phoenix.​zhtml%3fc%3D122359%26p%3Dirol-irhome.​ Accessed November 2016) A recent survey of current…

Fig. 9.1 Schematical operating room arrangements during bariatric operations with the use of the Da Vinci Surgical System A nasogastric tube is inserted to decompress the stomach. The patient and…