The most commonly used robotic system occupies a lot of operating room space. This graphic shows one configuration, with the robotic cart positioned at the patient's head. The cart may be placed at the patient's side (eg, for kidney surgery), and is often placed between the patient's legs in the lithotomy position for gynecologic and urologic surgery.
Reproduced with permission from: Horgan S, Sedrak MF. Robotic surgery. In: Fischer's Mastery of Surgery, 6th ed, Fischer JE, Jones DB, Pomposelli FB, et al (Eds), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia 2012. Copyright © 2012 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (
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