Textbook of Gynecologic Robotic Surgery

Evolution of Robotic Surgery: Past, Present, and Future.- Marketing and launching of a Robotic Surgical Programme.- Training in Robotic Gynaecologic Surgery.- Preparation of the Operating Room, Back Table, and Surgical Team.- Anaesthetic considerations.- Patient Positioning and Trocar Placement for Robotic Procedures.- Difficult Peritoneal Access.- Single site Robotic practice.- Robotic Simple hysterectomy.- Robotic management of severe endometriosis.- Role of Robotics in the management of infertility.- Robotic Myomectomy.- Robotic management of vaginal prolapse.- Firefly: Vascular and lymphatic imaging.- cervical cancer.- Compartmental theory in Gynaecological cancer, anatomical consideration.- PMMR in the management of endometrial cancer.- Robotic Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection.- Robotic Para-aortic Lymph Node Dissection.- Extraperitoneal lymphadenectomy.- Robotic debulking surgery in ovarian cancer.- Robotic Urological procedures in Gynaecology.- Robotic GI procedures in Gynaecology.- Robotic Exenteration.- Prevention and Management of Complications.- Role of the Robotic Surgical Assistant.- Trouble shooting, tips and tricks.

Mr Alaa El-Ghobashy, Consultant Subspecialist in Gynaecological Oncology Surgery. He graduated from the Medical School in 1990 and later achieved a Master's Degree in Gynaecological Ultrasound in 1995. His career history includes training in different aspects of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in a variety of health care settings both in Egypt and UK. He completed two Medical Doctorate degrees in Gynaecology in Liverpool. On finishing his general training, Mr El-Ghobashy spent additional two and half years (Fellowship) training in, studying and researching different aspects of Gynaecological Cancers in Leeds, England. He is a Member of the RCOG, the BSCCP and the ESGO. He is a Council member of BIARGS and recently hosted the 5th annual conference of Robotic Surgery in Wolverhampton. He published several articles in peer-reviewed journals and textbooks. Currently, he is an associate Editor of the IJMCR. He was a consultant in Plymouth between 2009 and 2011. He was appointed as a consultant in Wolverhampton in April 2011.

Mr Thomas Ind is a Gynaecological Oncology Surgeon. He is certified as both a specialist and sub-specialist by the RCOG and is registered as such by the GMC. He qualified in medicine from St Bartholomew's Hospital in 1989 and continued his postgraduate training in London before being appointed as a consultant to The Royal Marsden in 2002. He had previously been a sub-specialty fellow at The Royal Marsden and had spent some time in the 1990s in Australia. Mr Ind has numerous papers and book chapters to his name, and has been the female reproductive tract editor for Gray's Anatomy. He holds certification in colposcopy from the BSCCP and RCOG and a level three certification in laparoscopic surgery. His main interests include the management of endometrial cancer in women with co-morbidity, complex laparoscopic surgery, cervical cancer, fertility-sparing surgery, single incision laparoscopic surgery, radical surgery for ovarian cancer and robotic