Anesthesia experience of pediatric robotic surgery in a University Hospital. 2019

Wadha Mubarak Alotaibi
Department of Anesthesia, College of Medicine, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2925, Riyadh, 11461, Saudi Arabia. wmubarak@ksu.edu.sa.

Robotic technology has a promising future in surgical field. Robotic-assisted laparoscopy is a newly advance technology which is highly accepted by most of surgeons in various surgical procedures. As the pediatric surgeons adopt and master robotic technique, anesthesiologists familiarized themselves with this technique as well. Robotic surgery required a high-quality of perioperative anesthesia care that is essential for optimizing surgical outcome and patient safety. A retrospective analysis of robotic-assisted surgery for all children under age of 18 years from June 2004 to November 2013 at King Khalid University Hospital was conducted. Data of demographic (age, sex, and weight), type of procedures, operative time, intraoperative and postoperative complications were noted. Seventy robot assisted laparoscopy procedures were performed using the da Vinci surgical system. All procedures except three cases were successfully completed using robot with mean operative time of 110 min. Nissen fundoplication (34 cases) was the commonest robotic surgical procedure performed followed by cholecystectomy, anal-pull through and gastric banding. There were no intraoperative and postoperative complications related to anesthesia. Robotic-assisted laparoscopy is a safe and feasible technique for a variety of pediatric procedures. Our findings suggest that, perioperative anesthesia care should be considered in advance with high anesthetic precautions to maximize patient safety and improve surgical outcome. It is worth to have more studies measuring clinical anesthesia outcome of pediatric robotic surgery.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007223 Infant A child between 1 and 23 months of age. Infants
D007431 Intraoperative Complications Complications that affect patients during surgery. They may or may not be associated with the disease for which the surgery is done, or within the same surgical procedure. Peroperative Complications,Surgical Injuries,Complication, Intraoperative,Complication, Peroperative,Injuries, Surgical,Complications, Intraoperative,Complications, Peroperative,Injury, Surgical,Intraoperative Complication,Peroperative Complication,Surgical Injury
D008297 Male Males
D010372 Pediatrics A medical specialty concerned with maintaining health and providing medical care to children from birth to adolescence.
D010535 Laparoscopy A procedure in which a laparoscope (LAPAROSCOPES) is inserted through a small incision near the navel to examine the abdominal and pelvic organs in the PERITONEAL CAVITY. If appropriate, biopsy or surgery can be performed during laparoscopy. Celioscopy,Laparoscopic Surgical Procedures,Peritoneoscopy,Surgical Procedures, Laparoscopic,Laparoscopic Assisted Surgery,Laparoscopic Surgery,Laparoscopic Surgical Procedure,Procedure, Laparoscopic Surgical,Procedures, Laparoscopic Surgical,Surgery, Laparoscopic,Surgical Procedure, Laparoscopic,Celioscopies,Laparoscopic Assisted Surgeries,Laparoscopic Surgeries,Laparoscopies,Peritoneoscopies,Surgeries, Laparoscopic,Surgeries, Laparoscopic Assisted,Surgery, Laparoscopic Assisted
D011183 Postoperative Complications Pathologic processes that affect patients after a surgical procedure. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery. Complication, Postoperative,Complications, Postoperative,Postoperative Complication
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D002675 Child, Preschool A child between the ages of 2 and 5. Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D005240 Feasibility Studies Studies to determine the advantages or disadvantages, practicability, or capability of accomplishing a projected plan, study, or project. Feasibility Study,Studies, Feasibility,Study, Feasibility
D005260 Female Females

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