Question

Your facility has just purchased a very expensive surgical robotic training system and the OR staff is being trained in its use for gynecological and urological procedures.

                   Questions
Surgical Technology program

1. How will working with the robot affect your role as a CST?

2. what will be the variations in surgical instrumentation between gynecological urological procedures?

3. How do you think the facility justified the cost involved with the purchase and maintenance of the robot, along with the cost of staff training?

please be specific and answer question by question.

Answer 1

1) Certified surgical technologists (CST) generally care for surgical patients under the supervision of a registered nurse and attending doctor(s) of the patient's case.They are responsible for preparing, selecting, and maintaining any and all surgical equipment, and must also be able to clean and maintain a variety of surgical tools.

The work included,

• Inspect, maintain, decontaminate, and repair surgical equipment, keeping inventory records up to date.
• Conduct pre- and post-surgery patient care, including shaving, transporting, and applying dressings.
• Keep all needed surgical equipment at the ready, including sterile linens, saline, lights, suction machines, etc.
• Set up and maintain surgical field, collaborating with nurses and doctors and assisting where required.
• Assemble, transport, and retrieve surgical equipment, ensuring all pieces leave the room

2) robot assistance in laparoscopic urological surgery tends to improve the surgeon's level of dexterity and the degree of maneuverability. However, while the place of surgical robots in the urologist's operating room seems to be well established for minimally invasive urological procedures, the actual long-term patient benefits and limitations – if any – are yet to be determined.

3) The high cost of purchasing and maintaining the instruments of the robotic system is one of its many disadvantages. The availability of the robotic systems to only a limited number of centres reduces surgical training opportunities. it is very important to show that robotics will add a dimension that will benefit the hospital, the patient care and institutional recognition. Another essential task to overcome is the important education of the operating room nursing staff, a significant difference between this modality and traditional surgery. Without operating room environment support, most surgeons will revert to traditional methods even after a few successful robotics cases