Cystectomy
Fig. 26.1 The “rescue stitch” is a 6 in. long 2–0 vicryl suture on a CT-1 needle with a Hem-o-lok clip tied into the end of the suture. The CT-1…
Simple prostatectomy
Fig. 25.1 Flow chart of emergency conversion in case of bleeding Bowel Injuries These are less prone to acute complications, however, as they may occur out of camera view, they…
Ethical and Medicolegal Considerations
Fig. 8.1 Number of claims represents those paid and reported to the National Practitioner Data bank (Generated using the Data Analysis Tool at https://www.npdb.hrsa.gov/analysistool. Aug 23, 2016. Data source: National…
Nephroureterectomy with Bladder Cuff
© Springer International Publishing AG 2018René Sotelo, Juan Arriaga and Monish Aron (eds.)Complications in Robotic Urologic Surgery https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62277-4_17 17. Nephroureterectomy with Bladder Cuff Weil R. Lai1 and Raju Thomas2 (1) Department of Urology (8642), Tulane University School of Medicine,…
Complications of Patient Positioning
Fig. 9.1 Steep Trendelenburg with lithotomy position For radical prostatectomy , a modified lithotomy position is used where the head is placed in extreme Trendelenburg to keep the intra-abdominal contents…
Visceral and Gastrointestinal Complications in Robotic Urologic Surgery
Grade Definition I Any deviation from the normal postoperative course without the need for pharmacological treatment or surgical, endoscopic, and radiological interventions Allowed therapeutic regimens are drugs as antiemetics, antipyretics,…
Robot Failure
Study No. reports (years) System under study Surgical specialties Murphy et al. [7] 38 system failures, 78 adverse events (2006–2007) da Vinci system N/A Andonian et al. [8] 189 (2000–2007)…
Anesthetic Implications of Robotic Surgery
© Springer International Publishing AG 2018René Sotelo, Juan Arriaga and Monish Aron (eds.)Complications in Robotic Urologic Surgery https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62277-4_2 2. Anesthetic Implications of Robotic Surgery Pete Roffey1 (1) Department of Anesthesiology, USC Keck School of Medicine, 1500 San…
Complication Grading in Surgery
Grade Definition Grade I Any deviation from normal postoperative course Including bedside treatment, urinary catheter, drainage of wound infections, physiotherapy Allowed drugs: antipyretics, analgesics, antiemetics, diuretics, electrolytes Grade II Pharmacological…
Complications Related to Linear Staplers
© Springer International Publishing AG 2018René Sotelo, Juan Arriaga and Monish Aron (eds.)Complications in Robotic Urologic Surgery https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62277-4_6 6. Complications Related to Linear Staplers Gregory A. Joice1 and Mohammad E. Allaf1 (1) The James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute and Department…
