Robot-Assisted Regional Anesthesia: A Simulated Demonstration

Recent advances in robotically assisted telesurgery offer expert surgical care for the geographically remote patient. Similar advances in teleanesthesia will be necessary to bring comparable perioperative care to the geographically remote patient. Although many preliminary investigations into telean...

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Published in:	Anesthesia and analgesia Vol. 111; no. 3; pp. 813 - 816
Main Authors:	Tighe, Patrick J., Badiyan, S. J., Luria, I., Boezaart, Andre P., Parekattil, S.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Hagerstown, MD International Anesthesia Research Society 01-09-2010 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Subjects:	Anesthesia Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy Biological and medical sciences Medical sciences Regional anesthesia
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Summary:	Recent advances in robotically assisted telesurgery offer expert surgical care for the geographically remote patient. Similar advances in teleanesthesia will be necessary to bring comparable perioperative care to the geographically remote patient. Although many preliminary investigations into teleanesthesia are underway, none involve remote performance of anesthesia-related procedures. Herein, we describe the placement of ultrasound-guided nerve blocks into an ultrasound phantom using the da Vinci multipurpose surgical robotic system (Intuitive Surgical, Sunnyvale, CA). Both single-injection and perineural catheter techniques were successfully performed by an operator who was not physically present at the bedside.
Bibliography:	AUTHOR CONTRIBUTIONS PJT helped design and conduct the study, analyze the data, and write the manuscript. This author has seen the original study data, reviewed the analysis of the data, and approved the final manuscript. SJB helped conduct the study and write the manuscript. This author has seen the original study data, reviewed the analysis of the data, and approved the final manuscript. IL helped design and conduct the study and write the manuscript. This author has seen the original study data, reviewed the analysis of the data, and approved the final manuscript. APB helped design and conduct the study, analyze the data, and write the manuscript. This author has seen the original study data, reviewed the analysis of the data, approved the final manuscript, and is the author responsible for archiving the study files. SP helped design and conduct the study and write the manuscript. This author has seen the original study data, reviewed the analysis of the data, and approved the final manuscript.
ISSN:	0003-2999 1526-7598
DOI:	10.1213/ANE.0b013e3181e66386