Advances and Innovations in General Surgery: Current and Future Trends
A special issue of Medicina (ISSN 1648-9144). This special issue belongs to the section "Emergency Medicine".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2020) | Viewed by 289
Special Issue Editor
Interests: fluid responsiveness; postoperative complications; enhanced recovery after surgery; neurosurgery; anesthesia-related complications
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Since the 1990s, surgical techniques have advanced dramatically. Laparoscopic surgery is not just an option anymore but inevitable in most fields of general surgery; even one-port surgery is widespread. Innovations in robotic technology have enabled surgeons to perform surgery at a distance from the patient. In the era of technological innovation, surgeons who are sitting in a remote console can operate not using their own eyes and hands but, rather, a camera lens with a magnified 3D view and robotic arms. Furthermore, the combination of artificial intelligence, big data including genomics, or virtual reality with robotic or conventional surgery makes it possible to imagine new surgical techniques with fewer limitations.
With distinct progress in surgical techniques, the concern of general surgery with respect to perioperative patient care has increased. The preoperative period does not mean simply the time before surgery but, rather, the time for a patient to be optimized for the operation to decrease complications and improve postoperative outcomes. For the postoperative period, team-based multidisciplinary patient management has been applied in many clinical fields. Recently updated enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocol can provide improved patient outcomes beyond traditional postoperative care, including pain control, wound dressing, or ambulation.
This Special Issue is focused on, but not limited to, advances and innovations in general surgery highlighting novel surgical approaches or devices and outcomes of clinical management protocols.
Dr. Hyungseok Seo
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Laparoscopic surgery
- Hybrid surgery
- Robotic surgery
- Enhanced Recovery After Surgery
- Virtual Reality
- Augmented Reality
- Artificial intelligence
- Preoperative optimization
- Remote surgery
- Telesurgery
- Preoperative fasting
- Ambulatory surgery
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