Robotics: not your grandmother's surgery / Nancy Girard -- Robotic surgery is here to stay / John Zender -- Keeping pace with robotic technology / Rena Thompson and Mariana Boyle -- Developing a successful robotic surgery program in a rural hospital / John Zender and Christina G. Thell -- Role of the perioperative nurse in robotic surgery / Cynthia C. Thomas -- Patient advocacy in robotic surgery / Christiana G. Thell -- Robotic surgery in urology / Phillip Mucksavage and David S. Chou -- Robotic liver surgery / Kamran Idrees and David L. Bartlett -- Technological advances in robotic-assisted laparoscopic surgery / Gerald Y. Tan, Raj K. Goel, Jihad H. Kaouk, and Ashutosh K. Tewari -- Robotic surgery of the mediastinum / Annemarie Weissenbacher, Florian Augustin, and Johannes Bodner -- Laparoscopic liver resectioncurrent update / Kevin Tri Nguyen and David A. Geller
This issue of Perioperative Nursing Clinics will focus on Robotic Surgery. Article topics will include robotic cardaic surgery, robotoc urologic surgery, anesthesia with robotic surgery, robotic surgery in a rural hospital, patient positioning, keeping pace with robotic technology, and educational competencies for robotic surgery.--publisher description