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Robotic assistance in ventral hernia repair may decrease the incidence of hernia recurrence.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Robotic surgery for inguinal and ventral hernia repair: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Surgical endoscopy · 2024Pooled it
- Patient-reported outcomes of laparoscopic versus robotic primary ventral and incisional hernia repair: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2023Pooled it
- 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
- Safety and feasibility of robotic component separation for ventral hernia repair: first Korean multi-center experience.Surgical endoscopy · 2026Article
- Robotic primary ventral hernia repair-a multi-national Delphi expert consensus.Journal of robotic surgery · 2025Article
- Ventral ETEP, results of our experience after exceeding 150 cases. Operative outcomes and learning curve.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2025Article
- Outcomes of open versus robotic preperitoneal ventral hernia repair: a propensity-matched analysis.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2025Article
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- A comparison between robotic-assisted and open approaches for large ventral hernia repair-a multicenter analysis of 30 days outcomes using the ACHQC database.Surgical endoscopy · 2024Article
- Laparoscopic Versus Robotic Ventral Hernia Repair With Intraperitoneal Mesh: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Comparing the Perioperative Outcomes Randomised Controlled Trials.Journal of abdominal wall surgery : JAWS · 2024Review
- Robotic abdominal wall repair: adoption and early outcomes in a large academic medical center.Journal of robotic surgery · 2022Article
- Robotic hernia repair II. English version : Robotic primary ventral and incisional hernia repair (rv‑TAPP and r‑Rives or r‑TARUP). Video report and results of a series of 118 patients.Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift fur alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen · 2021Review
- [Robotic hernia repair : Part II: Robotic primary ventral and incisional hernia repair (rv-TAPP and r-Rives or r-TARUP). Video report and results of a series of 118 patients].Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift fur alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen · 2021Review
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Abstract
backgroundSince the advent of laparoscopic surgery, many studies have shown the advantages of laparoscopic surgery over open surgery for ventral hernia repair (VHR). As robotic surgery is gaining popularity, we sought to compare the outcomes of this newer robotic-assisted technique to the outcomes of established open and laparoscopic techniques to assess for any additional benefit.
methodsA meta-analysis research design was employed. Multiple databases were queried for publications over the past 10 years and 23 articles were selected based on pre-determined selection criteria. Data were extracted and the arm-based network meta-analysis method was utilised to examine the effect difference for the three arms of our study: Open, laparoscopic and robotic-assisted VHR.
resultsAs expected, laparoscopy had an advantage over open VHR in terms of infection rates. This advantage was also observed in the robotic group over the open group; however, there was no statistical difference between the laparoscopic and robotic groups when infection rates were compared head-to-head. The robotic group had a significant advantage over both the open and more importantly, the laparoscopic groups in recurrence rates.
conclusionsThe results of this study suggest that robotic surgery maintains some of the advantages of laparoscopic surgery and may also provide the additional advantage of recurrence rate reduction. This may be explained by the ability to perform a more complex hernia repair with robotic assistance secondary to the ease of closure of the fascial defect. More research is needed to validate this finding.
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