Strategies for managing and mitigating complications in robotic surgery
12th November 2026, 14:00 to 15:00 GMT / 19:30 to 20:30 IST
Overview
This webinar will explore strategies for recognizing, managing, and mitigating complications associated with robotic surgery. Faculty will discuss prevention, early identification, intraoperative management, troubleshooting, patient selection, and postoperative care. The session will also address practical approaches to managing procedure-specific complications, team preparedness, conversion strategies, and learning from adverse events to improve patient safety and surgical outcomes.
Aims
To provide an evidence-based overview of the prevention, recognition, management, and mitigation of complications in robotic surgery, with emphasis on patient safety, technical preparedness, and practical strategies for improving surgical outcomes.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this webinar, attendees should be able to:
- Understand common complications associated with robotic surgery and key strategies for prevention.
- Recognise early signs of intraoperative and postoperative complications and understand appropriate management approaches.
- Appreciate the importance of patient selection, surgical planning, team preparedness, and effective troubleshooting in reducing complications.
- Understand when conversion or alternative management strategies may be required to maintain patient safety.
- Appreciate the role of structured review, multidisciplinary learning, and outcome assessment in improving robotic surgical practice.
Panellists
Our panellists include:
Dr. Kalayarasan Raja
Senior Consultant - Robotic Hepatopancreatobiliary (HPB) & Gastrointestinal Surgery. Apollo Hospitals, Greams Road, Chennai
Dr. Magan Mehrotra
Managing Director and Senior Consultant. Apex Hospital, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh.
Dr. Randeep Wadhawan (Moderator)
Chairman - GI, Bariatric, Laparoscopic & Robotic Surgery. Max Super Speciality Hospital.
Prof. Subhash Khanna (Moderator) - Chief :Department of Minimal Access ,GI and Robotic Surgery, Swagat Super Speciality Surgical institute,Guwahati, India.
Dr. Shafaque Shaikh (Moderator) - MBBS, FRCS, PhD. Director of Research. ALSGBI, Robotic and Technology Enhanced Surgery, Robotic Lead for General Surgery, NHS Grampian.
CPD
1 Hour
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Recording
A recording of the webinar will be made available on this page in the days following the live broadcast.
