Abdominal Key

1. Complete circumferential dissection of the vessel (Fig. 5.1) 2. Visualization of the tips of the clip around and beyond the vessel (Fig. 5.2) 3. Confirmation of the tactile snap…

Author Year Cases Complication rate (%) Timing of the complication Bleeding (%) Urine leak (%) Other Intra-operative Post- operative Gettman [3] 2004 13 2 (8%) 0 1 0 (%) 0…

Fig. 4.1 Instrument for use in da Vinci® S and Si. (a) I instrument housing, S shaft. (b) W wrist, E end effector. (c) Discs on back of instrument housing…

Fig. 12.1 Angle of Veress needle during placement in nonobese (a) and obese (b) patients After placement of a Veress needle, the needle should always be aspirated to assess for…

Fig. 34.1 This figure identifies one of the first modified R-LESS attempts at port placement (Reprinted with permission, Cleveland Clinic Center for Medical Art & Photography © 2008–2017. All Rights…

Fig. 20.1 Incision at 1 month after robotic kidney transplantation Unpublished results from the IDEAL stage 2b/3 prospective nonrandomized trial comparing RKT with OKT reveal lower postoperative pain scores after RKT,…

RCRI MACE rate Risk 0 0.4% (0.1–0.8) Low 1 1% (0.4–1.5) Low-elevateda 2 2.4% (1.3–3.5) Elevated 3+ 5.4% (2.8–7.9) Elevated MACE indicates major adverse cardiac event aLow risk is <1% per…