ArticleJournal of robotic surgery2023
Does smoking influence the clinical outcomes of robotic ventral hernia repair? A propensity score matching analysis study.
Article in Journal of robotic surgery, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.
- The impact of smoking on ventral and inguinal hernia repair: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2024Pooled it
- Prehabilitation in Obese Patients with Ventral Hernia: A Narrative Review and Proposal of a Clinical Algorithm.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Smoking cessation and weight loss before ventral hernia repair - can we really justify this? A single center cohort study.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2026Article
- Do smokers deserve "No"? Management and outcomes of smokers undergoing elective ventral hernia repair.Surgical endoscopy · 2025Article
- The impact of preoperative optimization for abdominal wall reconstruction on long-term glucose control and smoking cessation.Surgical endoscopy · 2025Article
- Preoperative optimization in hernia surgery: are we really helping or are we just stalling?Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2024Review
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Abstract
The purpose of this study is to compare the clinical outcomes of robotic ventral hernia repair (RVHR) between smokers and non-smokers. Data for patients undergoing RVHR between 2012 and 2022 were collected. Patients were assigned to either smoking (+) or smoking (-) groups, according to their smoking status in the last 3 months prior to their procedure. Pre-, intra- and postoperative variables including surgical site occurrences (SSO) and infections (SSI), and hernia recurrence were analyzed after a propensity score matching analysis based on the patients' demographics and hernia's characteristics. Each group consisted of 143 patients matched according to their preoperative characteristics. There were no differences in terms of demographics and hernia characteristics. Intraoperative complications occurred at a comparable rate between both groups (p = 0.498). Comprehensive Complication Index
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