Robotic-assisted thyroidectomy: a new experience in anaesthesia

This is our first experience in providing general anaesthesia for robotic-assisted thyroidectomy (RAT). It is rather a new experience for our anaesthetic team and few issues should be addressed. The conduct of RAT must be fully understood and familiarized as it may present with few challenges for th...

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Main Authors: Mardhiah Sarah Harnani Mansor, Adlin Dasima AK, Nadia Hanom I, Siti Aznida AK, Rusnaini MK, Mohd Fahmi Z, Mohd Nazir MS, Izwah Azyyati A, Mohd Firdaus S, Karis M
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Published: Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2017
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12271/
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spelling ukm-122712018-11-02T21:45:12Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12271/ Robotic-assisted thyroidectomy: a new experience in anaesthesia Mardhiah Sarah Harnani Mansor, Adlin Dasima AK, Nadia Hanom I, Siti Aznida AK, Rusnaini MK, Mohd Fahmi Z, Mohd Nazir MS, Izwah Azyyati A, Mohd Firdaus S, Karis M, This is our first experience in providing general anaesthesia for robotic-assisted thyroidectomy (RAT). It is rather a new experience for our anaesthetic team and few issues should be addressed. The conduct of RAT must be fully understood and familiarized as it may present with few challenges for the anaesthesiologists. The key point of success during this learning curve period is the importance of teamwork between the anaesthesiologists and the operating surgeons. The specific anaesthetic challenges include limited access to the patient post-docking of the robot, the need of extra precautions of the anaesthetic circuit and IV line connections, a vigilant anaesthesiologists and options for postoperative pain relief. Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2017 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12271/1/10._mardhiah_et_al.pdf Mardhiah Sarah Harnani Mansor, and Adlin Dasima AK, and Nadia Hanom I, and Siti Aznida AK, and Rusnaini MK, and Mohd Fahmi Z, and Mohd Nazir MS, and Izwah Azyyati A, and Mohd Firdaus S, and Karis M, (2017) Robotic-assisted thyroidectomy: a new experience in anaesthesia. Journal of Surgical Academia, 7 (1). pp. 51-54. ISSN 2231-7481 http://jsurgacad.com/toc/7/1
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description This is our first experience in providing general anaesthesia for robotic-assisted thyroidectomy (RAT). It is rather a new experience for our anaesthetic team and few issues should be addressed. The conduct of RAT must be fully understood and familiarized as it may present with few challenges for the anaesthesiologists. The key point of success during this learning curve period is the importance of teamwork between the anaesthesiologists and the operating surgeons. The specific anaesthetic challenges include limited access to the patient post-docking of the robot, the need of extra precautions of the anaesthetic circuit and IV line connections, a vigilant anaesthesiologists and options for postoperative pain relief.
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author Mardhiah Sarah Harnani Mansor,
Adlin Dasima AK,
Nadia Hanom I,
Siti Aznida AK,
Rusnaini MK,
Mohd Fahmi Z,
Mohd Nazir MS,
Izwah Azyyati A,
Mohd Firdaus S,
Karis M,
spellingShingle Mardhiah Sarah Harnani Mansor,
Adlin Dasima AK,
Nadia Hanom I,
Siti Aznida AK,
Rusnaini MK,
Mohd Fahmi Z,
Mohd Nazir MS,
Izwah Azyyati A,
Mohd Firdaus S,
Karis M,
Robotic-assisted thyroidectomy: a new experience in anaesthesia
author_facet Mardhiah Sarah Harnani Mansor,
Adlin Dasima AK,
Nadia Hanom I,
Siti Aznida AK,
Rusnaini MK,
Mohd Fahmi Z,
Mohd Nazir MS,
Izwah Azyyati A,
Mohd Firdaus S,
Karis M,
author_sort Mardhiah Sarah Harnani Mansor,
title Robotic-assisted thyroidectomy: a new experience in anaesthesia
title_short Robotic-assisted thyroidectomy: a new experience in anaesthesia
title_full Robotic-assisted thyroidectomy: a new experience in anaesthesia
title_fullStr Robotic-assisted thyroidectomy: a new experience in anaesthesia
title_full_unstemmed Robotic-assisted thyroidectomy: a new experience in anaesthesia
title_sort robotic-assisted thyroidectomy: a new experience in anaesthesia
publisher Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2017
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12271/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12271/
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