ArticleScientific reports2021
Comparisons of abdominal wall reconstruction for ventral hernia repairs, open versus robotic.
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- Open versus robotic transversus abdominis release for ventral hernia repair: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2026Pooled it
- Robotic versus laparoscopic intraperitoneal onlay mesh (IPOM) repair for ventral hernia: a GRADE-assessed systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials on operative time, postoperative complications, and 12-24-month recurrence.Journal of robotic surgery · 2025Pooled it
- Minimally Invasive Versus Open Parastomal Hernia Repair: A Comprehensive Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.World journal of surgery · 2025Pooled it
- Open versus robotic transversus abdominis release for ventral hernia repair: an updated systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression.Surgical endoscopy · 2024Pooled it
- Robotic surgery for inguinal and ventral hernia repair: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Surgical endoscopy · 2024Pooled it
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- Early Adoption of Technically Complex Robotic Ventral Hernia Repair in a Low-Volume Center: A Retrospective Comparative Analysis with Consecutive Open Cases.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Beyond acronyms: a domain-based structural analysis of abdominal wall hernia repair techniques in the contemporary literature.Surgical endoscopy · 2026Article
- Association of robotic surgical approach with decreased inpatient opioid exposure after abdominal wall reconstruction: a retrospective cohort study.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2026Article
- How Reproducible Are Abdominal Wall Surgical Techniques? A Methodological Assessment of Technical Reporting in the Contemporary Literature.Journal of abdominal wall surgery : JAWS · 2026Article
- Comparing robotic to open retromuscular ventral hernia repair: a multi-center propensity-matched analysis.Surgical endoscopy · 2025Article
- The Impact of Preoperative Risk Factors on Delayed Discharge in Day Surgery: A Meta-Analysis.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- 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
- Hospital costs of robotic-assisted and open treatment of large ventral hernias.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Robotic repair of moderate-sized midline ventral hernias reduced complications, readmissions, and length of hospitalization compared to open techniques.Journal of robotic surgery · 2024Article
- A cost-conscious establishment of a robotic abdominal wall reconstruction program in a publicly funded healthcare system.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2023Article
- Towards identifying a learning curve for robotic abdominal wall reconstruction: a cumulative sum analysis.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2023Article
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Abstract
The surgical complexities of our current population have pushed the technological limits of healthcare, urging for minimally invasive approaches. For ventral hernias, in particular, robotic assisted laparoscopic repairs have been met with conflict. Cost and longer operative times are among the arguments against robotic surgery, although thorough evaluation of patient outcomes could potentially advocate for use of this tool. We attempted to approach this by retrospectively reviewing our own data. We reviewed charts between September 2016 and February 2017 of patients receiving complex hernia repairs, either a standard open repair (SOR) or robotic-assisted repair (RAR). Data collected included preoperative, perioperative, and postoperative care. Of the 43 patients reviewed, 16 were SOR, versus 27 RAR. Patients were comparable in age, gender, BMI, diabetes as a comorbidity; average hernia defect size was similar between the two groups. Although operative times were longer in the RAR group, estimated blood loss (EBL) was less. Hospital stay was also shorter in the RAR group, at 3.0 ± 1.9 days versus 9.6 ± 8.4 days for the OAR group. Of those requiring critical care management, only one patient had a robotic assisted repair, versus half of the patients who received an open repair. Of the patients who presented to the emergency department within 30 days of surgery, each group had four patients, and two from the OAR group required admission. Our data is consistent with other literature supporting shorter lengths of stays. Although the robotic approach did required a longer operative time, the resulting improved patient outcomes support this technique for complex ventral hernia repairs.
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