Ankit D. Patel, MD, FACSAssistant Professor of SurgeryDepartment of General and Gastrointestinal SurgeryEmory UniversityAtlanta, GADmitry Oleynikov, MD, FACSChief Gastrointestinal, Minimally Invasive and Bariatric SurgeryDirector of the Center for Advanced Surgical TechnologyJoseph and Richard Still Endowed Professor of SurgeryUniversity of Nebraska Medical CenterOmaha, NE

• The Background of Robotic Surgery.- Current Systems.- System Control Overview and Instruments.- Starting and Developing a Robotic Program.- Precautions and Avoiding Complications.- Robotic Hiatal and Paraesophageal Hernia Repair.- Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Fundoplications.- Robot-Assisted Heller Myotomy.- Robotic Partial and Total Gastrectomy.- The Robotic Approach to Transhiatal Esophagectomy.- Robotic Inguinal Hernia Repair.- Robotic Transabdominal Preperitoneal (rTAPP) Hernia Repair for Ventral Hernias.- Robotic Retromuscular Hernia Repair with Transversus Abdominis Release.- Multi-Port Robotic Cholecystectomy.- Single Incision Robotic Cholecystectomy.- Robotic-Assisted Distal Pancreatectomy.- Robotic-Assisted Pancreaticoduodenectomy (Whipple).- Robotic Liver Resection and Biliary Reconstruction.- Robotic Right Hemicolectomy.- Robotic Total Abdominal Colectomy and Robotic Left Colectomy.- Robotic-Assisted Low Anterior Resection.- Robotic Sleeve Gastrectomy.- Robotic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass and Robotic Revisional Bariatric Surgery.- Robot-Assisted Transaxillary Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery.- Robotic Adrenalectomy.- Robotic-Assisted Cardiac Surgery.- Robotic Lobectomy.- Robotic Mediastinal Procedures

“This book presents the newly developed SAGES University Masters Program related to surgery using a robotic platform. … The intended audience includes newly graduated residents and practicing general surgeons. … the bulk of the book is written for practicing laparoscopic surgeons or novice robotic surgeons who wish to expand the operations they complete using a robotic approach.” (Peter Nau, Doody's Book Reviews, December, 2017)