Anaesthetic Challenges in Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy

Robotic prostatectomy is rapidly becoming a new standard surgical procedure for the treatment of prostate cancer because of less post-operative morbidity, early mobilisation and discharge¹.Robotic assisted prostatectomy is conducted in very few centres, and requires extreme Trendelenburg position for long hours, hemodynamic lability, restricted access to the patient and altered ventilator strategies ².