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Robotic Inguinal Hernia Repair

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Historically, inguinal hernia repair is one of the most described procedures in the literature. Throughout centuries, numerous techniques have been developed. Minimally invasive hernia surgery allows for faster recovery and less postoperative pain without compromising the quality of the repair. However, the laparoscopic approach has a steeper learning curve and, for this reason, a lower adoption rate in the surgical community. With its improved dexterity, the robotic surgical platform may offer a quicker transition to a minimally invasive approach.

Rapid advancement of the endoscopic techniques created a gap in surgical standardization. In this chapter, we provide a standardized approach to the robotic inguinal hernia repair with key technical points to consider.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Division of General, Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

    Francesco Maria Bianco, Valentina Valle & Yevhen Pavelko

  2. Professor of Surgery, Lloyd Nyhus Chair in General, Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

    Pier Cristoforo Giulianotti

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  1. Center for Advanced Thoracic Surgery, Global Robotics Institute Advent Health Celebration, Celebration, FL, USA

    Farid Gharagozloo

  2. Global Robotics Institute, Advent Health Celebration, Celebration, FL, USA

    Vipul R. Patel

  3. Department of Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

    Pier Cristoforo Giulianotti

  4. Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Three Crosses Regional Hospital, Las Cruces, NM, USA

    Robert Poston

  5. Department of Surgery, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA

    Rainer Gruessner

  6. Department of Surgery, Wellington Regional Medical Center, Wellington, FL, USA

    Mark Meyer

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Bianco, F.M., Valle, V., Pavelko, Y., Giulianotti, P.C. (2021). Robotic Inguinal Hernia Repair. In: Gharagozloo, F., Patel, V.R., Giulianotti, P.C., Poston, R., Gruessner, R., Meyer, M. (eds) Robotic Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53594-0_83

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