In this episode of GRASP, the host Professor Hitendra Patel talks to Dr David Bunting and they discuss robotic-assisted surgery (RAS) for day-case surgery, abdominal wall reconstruction, and hernia repair.

ABOUT THE GUEST

David is a Consultant in Upper Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Wall Surgery working at the North Devon Comprehensive Hernia Centre in Barnstaple, Devon, part of the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. The Centre is currently developing its robotic abdominal wall hernia surgery programme. His undergraduate training was at Guy’s and St. Thomas’s Hospitals Medical School, London. In addition to higher specialist training in the UK, he trained in Australia and South Africa. His clinical interests include robotic surgery, day-case surgery, abdominal wall reconstruction and hernia repair, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), anti-reflux surgery and bile duct exploration.

ABOUT GRASP

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