Initial Experience with Robotic Hernia Repairs: A Review of 150 Cases.

CONCLUSIONS: This review shows that the use of the robot has proven to be safe and effective, and it has many benefits in hernia repair. One of those benefits is the ability to close the fascial defect with a running suture, thus avoiding the postoperative pain associated with transfascial sutures. The ability to intracorporeally fix a large piece of mesh to the abdominal wall that adequately and evenly covers the defect is another benefit. The high-quality three-dimensional view and the ability to articulate the instruments are well-established benefits of the robot as well. Robotic assistance also allows us to perform a minimally invasive hernia repair on large complex defects that would have otherwise been performed via an open approach. PMID: 30117136 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Surgical Technology International - Category: Surgery Tags: Surg Technol Int Source Type: research