Nursing Cooperation for Anesthesia in Robotic Surgery

Abstract

Compared with traditional open surgery, robotic surgery has the advantages of less trauma, less interference with the internal environment of the body, lower incidence of surgical complications and mortality, shorter hospital stay, and less medical costs. The safety of anesthesia (especially general anesthesia) is improving with the progress of anesthesia machines and instruments and the consistent increase in knowledge about patients’ anatomical and pathophysiological status. Clinical application of robotic surgery is increasing and the scope is widening day by day. In addition to the increasing number of types and indications of robot-assisted surgery, the types of patients involved in robot-assisted surgery (old, young, frail, etc.) is also increasing. As robotic equipment continues to improve and surgeons become more skilled and innovative, and fewer and fewer people are considered unsuitable for robotic surgery, the differences in patients conditions and general conditions involved in robotic surgery are also increasing; thus, the demands and challenges for anesthesia are also increasing, and there is also growing research on anesthesia for robotic surgery.