Shanthi Pathirana And Pca Kam Analysis

Shanthi Pathirana and Pca Kam wrote “Anesthetic Issues in Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery” to inform readers of what they considered the greatest danger of robotic surgery. They argue that using anesthesia on patients undergoing robotic operations is dangerous due to the positions the patients are in, environment of the operating room, and preparation that robotic operations require. They examined different robotic procedures and researched which procedures were the most dangerous. They found that during a prostatectomy the table tilts the patient’s body with the feet above the head, which limits blood flow; a sheet covers the patient’s head, which limits the esthetician’s ability to see the patient’s breathing; and the robotic arms

performing the surgery cover the patient’s abdomen from view. These vision restrictions and body positions interfere with the anesthesiologist’s job and could cause the patient brain damage. The source has little bias and extensive research put into it. The authors are both credible because they operate in the field of anesthesia. Shanthi Pathirana has a bachelor's degree in both medicine and surgery and works at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Wales. Pca Kam has a Bachelor of Medicine and surgery, is an anesthesiology professor at the University of Sydney, and is an anesthesiologist at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital with Pathirana. Additionally, this source addresses health risks that result from the anesthesia in correlation to robotic surgery, which offers a different perspective on and evidence for an argument against robotic surgeons.