Open AccessInstrument malfunction during robotic surgery: A case report
Author(s) -
Shashank Singh,
Girdhar S. Bora,
Sudheer S Devana,
Ravimohan Mavuduru,
Shrawan Kumar Singh,
Arup Kumar Mandal
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of urology/indian journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.333
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1998-3824
pISSN - 0970-1591
DOI - 10.4103/0970-1591.174781
Subject(s) - medicine , trouble shooting , cover (algebra) , robotic surgery , invasive surgery , dimension (graph theory) , medical physics , surgery , mechanical engineering , engineering , mathematics , pure mathematics , reliability engineering
Robotic assistance is the new dimension of minimally invasive surgery. Despite being the state-of-the-art technology, newer technical problems still occur during robotic surgeries which are not addressed in the trouble shooting manual. We report one such problem being encountered with the tip cover accessory of monopolar scissors. In the current report, we discuss the technical fault and its correction. We feel that this problem needs to be registered into the trouble-shooting manual to prevent such incidents in future.