Anesthetic Management under Robot-assisted Laparoscopic Surgery in the Field of Urology

Abstract

Robot-assisted surgery is less invasive than conventional surgery and is followed by earlier postoperative recovery, but it requires specific anesthetic management during operation. Good anesthetic management contributes to safer surgery and better therapeutic outcomes by enabling surgeons to more closely concentrate on their job during surgery. It also makes it possible to prevent complications due to unusual posture and contacts of the robot with part of the body and helps secure a good operating field.

Recently, robot-assisted surgery has rapidly gained popularity in laparoscopic prostatectomy and is also spreading into other fields of urology such as partial nephrectomy and total cystectomy. It is also being increasingly conducted in other fields such as gynecology and gastroenterology. Anesthesiologists should further improve anesthetic management under robot-assisted surgery to increase its popularity based on experience acquired in prostatectomy.