The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the Association of Robotic and Innovative Surgeons have joined together to come up with a series of educational webinars that would encompass all latest happenings in Robotic and other disruptive technologies. The webinars shall be a mix of basics for learners to advanced robotics for the experts. Do join us every 3rd week of Thursday at BST 1500- 1600 Hrs.

Aims

Robotic surgery has now moved beyond the domains of urology and gynaecology. It was previously perceived that robotic surgery is of utility only for sites where anatomical constraints prevent dissection due to limited vision with the naked eye and cause difficulty in suturing due to paucity of adequate space for the needle holder to pierce the tissue at optimal angles. But soon enough, the surgeons realised that the advantages of using the robot went well beyond operating at confined spaces only. Gradually and steadily other surgical fields have adopted the robot and now general surgery procedures make a major chunk of the total robotic procedures done worldwide. This webinar will comprehensively explore why the surgical robot has become an indispensable part of general surgery practice, the use of robot in India and western world and challenges that lie in generalised adoption of robots in routine general surgery practice.

Learning Objectives

By the end of the webinar the attendees hall be well versed with the experience of RCSEd and ARIS surgeons for use of newer robots in newer general surgical indications and shall also be able to understand the challenges encountered in implementation of robotic systems.

The webinar aims to provide:

• Updates to surgeons about emerging indications of robot in general surgery
• Comparison of technical details of the common robotic general surgical procedures being practised by ARIS members and members of RCS Edinburgh. The session will focus on comparison of the data and the results of these procedures of the members of the RCSEd college and ARIS.

Panellists

• Prof. Subhash Khanna, Ms, FRCS (Edn), FICS, FIAGES, FALS, FICLS, FAGIE (Moderator) - Founder President-Association of Robotic and Innovative Surgeons. Chief, Department of Minimal Access, Gastro Intestinal and Robotic Surgery, Swagat Swagat Super Surgical Institute& N. H,Guwahati, Assam, India.
• Prof. S Selvakumar (Moderator) - Consultant General, Colorectal, Laparoscopic & Robotic Surgeon.
• Prof. Dr. Raj V Nagarkar (Speaker) - MD, Chief of Surgical Oncology & Robotic Services, HCG Manavata Cancer Centre Nasik, India.
• Ms Shafague Shaikh (Speaker) - MBBS, FRCS, PhD, Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary with an Honorary Senior Lecturer status with the University of Aberdeen. Shafaque is the Programme Lead for the NHS Grampian Multispecilaty Robotic Assisted Surgery (RAS) Service and leading RAS research/evaluation and education projects. She is the chair of the Scottish RAS Research group and deputy chair of the Scottish National Clinical reference group.
• Mr Cameron Mattew (Speaker)
• Prof. Somashekar SP (Speaker) - Chairman – Medical Advisory Board, Aster DM Healthcare – GCC & India. Global Director – Aster International Institute of Oncology- GCC & India. Consultant – Surgical & Gynaecological Oncology & Robotic Surgeon, HIPEC & PIPAC Super Specialist, Karnataka India.

CPD

1 Hour