The Use of Robotic Technology in Female Pelvic Floor Reconstruction

185 Pages·2018·6.948 MB·English

by  Jennifer T. Anger, Karyn S. Eilber (eds.)

The Use of Robotic
Technology in
Female Pelvic Floor
Reconstruction
Jennifer T. Anger
Karyn S. Eilber
Editors
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The Use of Robotic Technology in Female
Pelvic Floor Reconstruction
Jennifer T. Anger • Karyn S. Eilber
Editors
The Use of Robotic
Technology in Female
Pelvic Floor
Reconstruction
Editors
Jennifer T. Anger Karyn S. Eilber
Department of Surgery, Division Department of Surgery, Division of
of Urology Urology
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Beverly Hills, CA, USA Beverly Hills, CA, USA
ISBN 978-3-319-59610-5 ISBN 978-3-319-59611-2 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-59611-2
Library of Congress Control Number: 2017946483
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Foreword
In the last decade surgeons have advanced minimally invasive approaches to
abdominal and pelvic surgery, utilizing both standard laparoscopy and robotic
technology to improve the scope of possibilities. The rapid adoption of robotic
techniques has afforded the female pelvic surgeon a broader armamentarium to
pelvic floor reconstruction, with a specific aim of offering our patient population
a more durable and efficacious approach to pelvic floor repairs.
This comprehensive textbook of robotic technology applied to female pelvic
reconstruction is the first of its kind and will be a valuable educational tool for
surgeons. Numerous prolific female pelvic surgeons with both urological and
gynecological backgrounds have contributed to this text, covering all aspects of
patient selection, optimization of robotic techniques, and pitfalls. Additionally,
options for management of the uterus at the time of prolapse repair will be dis-
cussed. This topic has become more critical as more of our patients inquire about
less invasive approaches.
This surgical textbook encompasses the spectrum of pelvic floor disease and a
unique approach to reconstructive techniques. It should serve as an educational
tool for the surgeon-in-training as well as the experienced female pelvic surgeon
seeking to expand his/her armamentarium for reconstruction.
NYU Langone Medical Center Nirit Rosenblum, M.D.
New York, NY, USA
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Preface
Welcome to the textbook, The Use of Robotic Technology in Female Pelvic
Floor Reconstruction. The fields of urology and urogynecology, now collec-
tively termed Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, have rap-
idly evolved over time. Surgeons adopt new technology with the ultimate
goal of providing better care for patients. Robotic surgery is a technological
advancement that provides durability through a minimally invasive approach.
Outcomes are comparable to laparoscopic surgery. Since robotic technology
allows surgeons without laparoscopic training to perform good laparoscopy,
we anticipate that the use of the robot in FPMRS will only increase.
This textbook is designed to provide guidance for surgeons wishing to
perform the most common robotic procedures in FPMRS. We first seek to
teach robotic surgery to readers with a background in FPMRS but not in
robotics. We were once in that place, experiencing the frustrations of a begin-
ner learning a new technology, despite fellowship training and expertise with
other approaches. We also wish to reach out to non-FPMRS surgeons, specifi-
cally urologists adept at robotic prostatectomy, who may be able to techni-
cally perform the steps of a robotic ASC, yet may not know certain nuances.
Such nuances, which include when to place a prophylactic sling and when to
perform a concomitant posterior vaginal wall repair, have a significant impact
on postoperative outcomes. And lastly, we seek to reach out to anyone in
training, either before, during, or after residency, who seek to learn more
about robotic technology in FPMRS.
We wish to thank each author in this textbook, each of whom has specific
expertise in the field and provides a wealth of information. Dr. Amy
Rosenman, Past President of the American Urogynecologic Society, has
years of experience treating prolapse bother surgically and nonsurgically and
provides an excellent review on patient candidacy for surgery. Drs. Una Lee
and Arianna Smith each provide detailed explanations addressing concomi-
tant surgeries and when they should and should not be performed. Thank you
to Drs. Kim Kenton, M. Jonathon Solnik, and Christopher Tarnay, all gyne-
cologists by training, not only for your chapters, but especially for your will-
ingness to train us (urologists) and make us proficient in robotic hysterectomy.
Drs. David Magner and Beth Moore have taught us a great deal about the role
of robotic technology in combined rectal and vaginal prolapse. Dr. Bilal
Chughtai provides a comprehensive synthesis of the literature addressing
uterine sparing approaches robotically. And lastly, our own colleagues at
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Drs. Hyung Kim, Christopher Dru, and Devin
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Patel, who demonstrate how to apply robotic technology to robotic recon-
structive procedures other than sacrocolpopexy.
Thank you to Springer Publishing Company for the support and inspiration
to write this book, and a special thanks to Miss Elise Paxson, who has helped
us so patiently in putting all the pieces of this book together. We are also
grateful to each other for patiently assisting as we each climbed, and ulti-
mately passed, our individual learning curves in robotic surgery.
We dedicate this textbook to the Anger family (Lowell, Arielle, Amanda,
and Joshua) and the Eilber family (Fritz, Dylan, Parker, and Alexandra), who
understand the sacrifices that the two of us make on a daily basis to be wives,
mothers, and surgeons. We are indebted, grateful, and, because of your support,
tireless.
Beverly Hills, CA, USA Jennifer T. Anger, M.D., M.P.H.
Karyn S. Eilber, M.D.
Contents
1 Introduction .................................................................................. 1
Jennifer T. Anger and Karyn S. Eilber
2 Patient Selection, Risks, and Alternative
Surgical Strategies ....................................................................... 5
Jessica S. Zigman and Amy E. Rosenman
3 Selection of Concomitant Vaginal Procedures ........................... 21
Sarah A. Adelstein and Una J. Lee
4 Concomitant Management of Occult and Symptomatic
Stress Urinary Incontinence ........................................................ 37
Steven J. Weissbart and Ariana L. Smith
5 Set-Up for Robotic Sacrocolpopexy ............................................ 53
Katarzyna Bochenska and Sarah Collins
6 Steps of Robotic-Assisted Sacrocolpopexy ................................. 63
Karyn S. Eilber and Juzar Jamnagerwalla
7 Robotic-Assisted Hysterectomy with Abdominal
Sacrocolpopexy ............................................................................. 73
Janine L. Oliver and Christopher M. Tarnay
8 The Role of Power Morcellation and Controversies ................. 91
A. Lenore Ackerman
9 Sacrohysteropexy ......................................................................... 107
Bilal Chughtai and Dominique Thomas
10 Additional Gynecologic Indications
for Robotic-Assisted Surgery ...................................................... 115
M. Jonathon Solnik and Lea Luketic
11 Robotic Surgical Management of Combined
Vaginal and Rectal Prolapse ....................................................... 127
Emily Siegel, Beth A. Moore, and David P. Magner
12 Enterocele ..................................................................................... 137
David P. Magner, Adam Truong, and Beth A. Moore
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13 R obotic-Assisted Vesicovaginal Fistula Repair ......................... 149
Devin Patel and Jennifer T. Anger
14 Robotic-Assisted Ureteral Reimplantation ................................ 159
Christopher J. Dru and Hyung L. Kim
15 C omplications of Robotic Urologic Surgery .............................. 167
Kathleen C. Kobashi
Index ...................................................................................................... 175
Contributors
A. Lenore Ackerman, M.D., Ph.D. Department of Surgery, Department of
Urology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Beverly Hills, CA, USA
Sarah A. Adelstein, M.D. Section of Urology and Renal Transplantation,
Virginia Mason, Seattle, WA, USA
Jennifer T. Anger, M.D., M.P.H. Department of Surgery, Division of
Urology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Beverly Hills, CA, USA
Katarzyna Bochenska, M.D. Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and
Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Northwestern University, Prentice Women’s Hospital, Chicago, IL, USA
Bilal Chughtai, M.D. Department of Urology, Weill Cornell Medicine/
New-York Presbyterian, New York, NY, USA
Sarah Collins, M.D. Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive
Surgery, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern University,
Prentice Women’s Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Christopher J. Dru, M.D. Department of Surgery, Division of Urology,
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Karyn S. Eilber, M.D. Department of Surgery, Division of Urology,
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Beverly Hills, CA, USA
Juzar Jamnagerwalla, M.D. Department of Surgery, Division of Urology,
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Beverly Hills, CA, USA
Hyung L. Kim, M.D. Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, Cedars-
Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Kathleen C. Kobashi, M.D., F.A.C.S. Virginia Mason Medical Center,
Seattle, WA, USA
Una J. Lee, M.D. Section of Urology and Renal Transplantation, Virginia
Mason, Seattle, WA, USA
Lea Luketic, M.Sc., M.D. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
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