This course is designed to facilitate the surgeon with didactic and hands-on cadaveric training experience.

Conducted by a faculty of experienced surgeons, this is an intensive two day course of lectures, debate, exchange and practical hands-on experience on procedures using the Da Vinci Robot.

Aims and objectives

• To become familiar with the function and operation of the Da Vinci Surgical System, the ergonomics and the available robotic instrumentation;
• To learn robotic tissue dissection techniques using monopolar, bipolar, harmonic and plasma kinetic energy in robotic surgery;
• To understand the selection process for patient position, Da Vinci surgical team position and robotic surgical approaches.

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