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Volume 57, issue 3, pages 363-550, March 2010Case Study of the Month
Simplifying Patient Positioning and Port Placement During Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy 01170-1/assets/eulogo1.jpg)
Accepted 7 November 2009, Published online 17 November 2009, pages 530 - 533
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Abstract
Proper patient positioning and port placement is of critical importance in robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALP). Not having the patient in the correct Trendelenburg position or not being able to move the surgical instruments freely in the abdominal cavity can be frustrating, especially for naïve robotic surgeons (ie, those at the beginning of the learning curve for this procedure), and can lead to further difficulties in performing the intervention. We describe the use of a nautical inclinometer and a plastic, double-equilateral triangle with an 8-cm-long border to reach the correct Trendelenburg position easily and to place trocars correctly during RALP.
Keywords: Prostate cancer, Robotic prostatectomy, Surgical technique.
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