General info
Orsi Academy offers a 1-day course in Robotic left-sided colonic resections and total mesorectal excision (TME) surgery for surgeons who want master the robotic surgery approach. With a strong focus on hands-on training, participants will optimize their technique through expert guidance and cadaver lab sessions.
The intensive 1-day course consists of a full day of hands-on training on human cadaveric tissue at Orsi Academy.
What you will learn
- The aim is to comprehensively cover robot techniques in left sided colonic resections
Prerequisites
- Familiarity with the robotic system’s buttonology and controls
- Hands-on bedside experience in robotic surgery
- Adequate simulator training to ensure technical proficiency
- Participation in up to 10 clinical cases involving robotic colon resection
Faculty
Program
Arrival & welcome at Orsi Academy
Theoretical session: participants’ experience with da Vinci
Theoretical session: tips for getting through the learning curve
- Patient selection criteria
- Recommended procedures for initial cases
- Setting goals & tracking metrics
Theoretical session: OR set-up
- Port placement & patient positioning
- Adequate instrument selection & energy use
- Steps of the procedure: IMA ligation, IMV ligation, Splenic flexure mobilization, Pelvic dissection – posterior, anterior, and lateral, Division of mesentery – use of ICG, Robotic stapling and anastomosis
- Use of the 3rd arm for retraction
- Vascular control
- Management of complications
Hands-on training part I – human cadaver model
- Port placement and docking
- Left-sided colon resection
- IMA takedown
- Medial to lateral mobilization of colon
- Splenic flexure takedown
Lunch at the Orsi restaurant
Hands-on training part II – human cadaver model
- Intra-operative adjustments (table motion, dual docking, port hopping)
- Pelvic dissection
- Stapling
Debriefing & feedback
End of the course
Resources
Flyer Robotic left-sided colon resection course 2025
Videos
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