ArticleSurgical endoscopy2017
Robotic-assisted ventral hernia repair: a multicenter evaluation of clinical outcomes.
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- Robotic versus laparoscopic ventral hernia repair: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials and propensity score matched studies.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2021Pooled it
- A randomized controlled trial of the outcomes of Arista™ hemostatic agent in robotic ventral hernia repair.Journal of robotic surgery · 2025Trial
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- A Retrospective, Observational and Descriptive Study of 111 Ventral Hernia Repairs: Is the Open Approach Already over the Hill?Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Laparoscopic intra-peritoneal onlay mesh plus versus robotic transabdominal pre-peritoneal for primary ventral hernias: Our technique and outcomes.Journal of minimal access surgery · 2025Article
- Robotic trans-abdominal retromuscular hernia repair for medium-sized midline hernias: midterm outcomes and surgical site occurrence (SSO) analysis in 120 patients.Journal of robotic surgery · 2024Article
- Robotic-assisted surgical treatment of complex giant incisional hernias: A report of 3 cases.Zhong nan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Central South University. Medical sciences · 2024Article
- Hospital costs of robotic-assisted and open treatment of large ventral hernias.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Enhanced recovery after robotic ventral hernia repair: factors associated with overnight stay in hospital.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2024Article
- Implementation of robotic surgery in Dubai: a focus on outcomes.Journal of robotic surgery · 2023Article
- Robotic abdominal wall repair: adoption and early outcomes in a large academic medical center.Journal of robotic surgery · 2022Article
- Hybrid robotic transversus abdominis release versus open: propensity-matched analysis of 30-day outcomes.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2021Article
- Robotic-assisted onlay technique: new approach using anterior mesh positioning in ventral hernia repair-an easy way to spread robotic surgery.Journal of robotic surgery · 2021Article
- Prospective observational study of abdominal wall reconstruction with THT technique in primary midline defects with diastasis recti: clinical and functional outcomes in 110 consecutive patients.Surgical endoscopy · 2021Observational
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10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundThe open approach continues to be widely performed for ventral hernia repair, while the minimally invasive laparoscopic approach has grown adoption over the last decade. Recently, robotic operation was described as a new modality due to the ease for performing intracorporeal closure of the hernia defect. This study is one of the first multi-institutional case series evaluating robotic-assisted laparoscopic ventral hernia repairs, with the goal of describing robotic-assisted surgical techniques for ventral and incisional hernia repair and the outcomes in teaching and community hospital settings.
methodsMedical records of consecutive patients (including surgeon's learning curve cases) who underwent ventral or incisional hernia repair utilizing the da Vinci Surgical System (Intuitive Surgical Inc, Sunnyvale CA) were retrospectively reviewed. Data collected included preoperative history and perioperative outcomes.
resultsData for a total of 368 patients from four institutions involving five surgeons were analyzed. They were predominantly females (60.3 %), and the mean age was 51 years. The majority of the patients were obese or morbidly obese (47.8 and 20.9 %), and 83.2 % of the patients had a history of prior abdominal operation. Conversion rate was 0.8 %, and mean length of stay was 1 day. Total postoperative complications rate up to 30 days was 8.4 %, of which incidence of paralytic ileus was 2.4 %.
conclusionThis large case series of 368 patients demonstrates reproducibility of safety and performance associated with robotic-assisted ventral hernia repairs performed by five surgeons at four institutions. In addition, the results of short term perioperative outcomes for surgeons during their early experience for robotic-assisted cases are in the range of what is reported in the existing published data on laparoscopic and open ventral hernia repairs. Further comparative evidence initiatives are being pursued to determine the benefits of robotic-assisted technique and technology for long-term and patient-reported outcomes.
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