An exhaustive textbook on robot-assisted surgery written for anesthesiologists as well as surgeons.

Preface; Introduction. The surgeon's perspective on robotic surgery Rainer W. G. Gruessner; 1. Historical overview of robotic-assisted surgery Roya Saffary, Alex Macario and Bassam Kadry; 2. Credentialing for robotic surgery Daniel M. Herron; 3. Robotic technology Phi T. Ho and Alex Macario; 4. Physiologic effects of pneumoperitoneum and positioning Shilpadevi Patil, Pushpa Koyyalamudi, Cory Robertson, Elyse M. Cornett, Charles J. Fox and Alan David Kaye; 5. Considerations in patients with co-morbidities, pregnant and pediatric patients Shilpadevi Patil, Michael Franklin, Yury Rapoport, Elyse M. Cornett, Charles J. Fox and Alan David Kaye; 6. Anesthetic considerations for robotic-assisted surgery Julie A. Gayle, Ryan Rubin and Alan David Kaye; 7. General and colorectal robotic surgery of the abdomen and pelvis Guy R. Orangio, Jeffrey S. Barton and Kurt G. Davis; 8. Gynecology robotic surgery Barry Hallner, Erin Dougher and Lisa M. Peacock; 9. Robotic urological surgery Danica N. May, Amanda F. Saltzman and Ryan R. Krlin; 10. Anesthetic considerations in robotic cardiac anesthesia Laurence Schachter and Robert Poston; 11. Robotics in thoracic surgery 1: pulmonary and mediastinal disease Farid Gharagozloo; 12. Robotics in thoracic surgery 2: benign and malignant esophageal disease Farid Gharagozloo; 13. Transoral robotic surgery - applications in the management of benign and malignant diseases of the pharynx Jan Akervall and Paul Hoff; 14. Robotic technology in neurosurgery: past, present and future perspectives Alisson R. Teles and Tobias A. Mattei; 15. Organ transplant and robotic surgery, a comprehensive overview Katherine Stammen, Sudipta Sen, Shilpadevi Patil, Michael Franklin, Gurleen Sidhu, Elyse M. Cornett, Charles J. Fox and Alan David Kaye; 16. Surgical considerations for organ transplantation and robotic surgery Ivo Tzvetanov and Enrico Benedetti; 17. Fetal surgery and robotic surgery Sudipta Sen, Shilpadevi Patil, Elyse M. Cornett, Amit Prabhhakar, Matthew Novitch, Alan David Kaye and Charles J. Fox; 18. Perioperative complications of robotic surgery: anesthetic concerns Elizabeth A. M. Frost and Clifford M. Gevirtz; 19. Pain management and recovery after RAS Maunak V. Rana and Eric S. Fouliard; 20. Fundamentals of surgery - simulation Jayne Smitten, Fozia Ferozali, Russell Metcalfe-Smith and John T. Paige; 21. Understanding the market forces and opportunity costs of robotic surgery Aaron A. Laviana and Jim C. Hu; 22. The past, present, and future of robotics - a surgical and anesthetic perspective Maunak V. Rana and Aladino De Ranieri; Index.