EXPERIÊNCIA ANESTÉSICA INICIAL EM CIRURGIA CARDÍACA ROBÓTICA: SÉRIE DE CASOS DE UM CENTRO DE CUIDADOS TERCIÁRIOS NA ÍNDIA

One of the most recent developments in surgical practice is minimal invasive robotic surgery. Use of surgical robot facilitates less invasive surgery. This approach to cardiac surgery offers numerous potential advantages to the patient including reduced pain, shorter hospital stay and a quicker return to the day to day activity. Robotic surgery require anesthesia personnel to incorporate various subspecialty skills to improve patient outcome. In the era of minimally invasive surgery and rising popularity of robotic cardiac surgeries it is imperative for the cardiac anesthesiologist to be well versed with the various robotic systems and associated complications, expertise in transesophageal echocardiography(TEE) and mastering and management of lung isolation techniques.  This is a case series which serves to explain some of the anesthetic challenges which were encountered during the commencement of robot-assisted cardiac surgeries