You are an anaesthetist at a tertiary hospital working in the pre-anaesthetic clinic. You review a 74-year-old man who is booked for robotic assisted partial nephrectomy for a 5 cm right upper pole renal cell cancer.
Medical History:
Obesity
Controlled hypertension
Type 2 diabetes mellitus
Obstructive sleep apnoea (treated with CPAP)
Hypercholesterolaemia
Medications:
Amlodipine 10 mg daily
Aspirin 100 mg daily
Atorvastatin 40 mg daily
Empagliflozin 10 mg daily
Metformin 1000 mg twice daily
Perindopril 8 mg daily
Biometrics:
Height 183 cm
Weight 144 kg
BMI 43 kg/m2
Sections covered in this viva
Patient Assessment and Anaesthetic Planning for Robotic SurgeryIntraoperative Renal Vein Injury and Conversion to OpenPostoperative Analgesic Plan