BACKGROUND: With the growth of the discipline of laparoscopic surgery, technology has been further developed to facilitate the performance of minimally invasive hernia repair. Most of the published literature regarding robotic @entity169 has been performed by urologists who have dealt with this entity in a concomitant way during radical prostatectomies. General surgeons, who perform the vast majority of inguinal herniorrhaphies worldwide, have yet to describe the role of robotic @entity169 . Here, we describe our initial experience and create the foundation for future research questions regarding robotic @entity169 . METHODS: A retrospective chart review was performed in 78 @entity1 who underwent robotic transabdominal preperitoneal TAPP @entity169 with a prosthetic mesh using the da Vinci platform (Intuitive Surgical Inc). Data collected included @entity1 demographics, past medical history, previous surgeries, details related to the surgical procedure, perioperative outcomes and complications. RESULTS: A total of 123 @entity547 were repaired. Forty-five @entity1 had bilateral robotic inguinal herniorrhaphies, and the mean age was 55.1  years (SD 15.1), with a mean BMI of 27.6 (SD 6.1). There were 71 male and 7 female @entity1 . Surgical complications included @entity1410 in three @entity1 (3.9  %), two @entity2080 (2.6  %) and one superficial @entity281 at a trocar site (1.3  %), which resolved with oral antibiotics. @entity260 (>30  days post-surgery) included the persistence of @entity1410 in two @entity1 (2.6  %). Same day discharge was achieved in 60 @entity1 (76.9  %) with a mean length of stay of 8  h (SD 2.65). Neither mortality nor conversion to open surgery occurred. CONCLUSION: Our early experience has demonstrated that the robotic transabdominal preperitoneal (TAPP) @entity169 is a safe and versatile approach that allows the general surgeon to perform this procedure in more complex cases such as those involving incarcerated and/or recurrent @entity547 .

Feasibility of robotic XXXX , a single-institution experience.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient'] @entity2080 :: ('MESH:D049291', 'Disease') :: ['seromas'] @entity260 :: ('MESH:D011183', 'Disease') :: ['Chronic postoperative complications'] @entity281 :: ('MESH:D007239', 'Disease') :: ['surgical site infection'] @entity1410 :: ('MESH:D006406', 'Disease') :: ['hematomas', 'hematoma'] @entity547 :: ('MESH:D006547', 'Disease') :: ['hernias'] @entity169 :: ('MESH:D006552', 'Disease') :: ['inguinal hernia repair']
@entity169 :: (MESH:D006552,Disease) :: ['inguinal hernia repair']
