National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital Researcher Provides Details of New Studies and Findings in the Area of Hernias (P-092 Early Outcomes of Robotic-assisted Transabdominal Preperitoneal Inguinal Hernia Repair: A Single-institution …): Gastroenterology – Hernias

2023 MAY 23 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Gastroenterology Daily News -- New study results on hernias have been published. According to news reporting originating from Goyang, South Korea, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “Since the introduction of the Da Vinci robot, robot-assisted hernia repairs have become more common. We aim to report our initial experience of robotic transabdominal preperitoneal (R-TAPP) inguinal hernia repair. A retrospective chart review was performed in patients who underwent R-TAPP inguinal hernia repair with a prosthetic mesh using the Da Vinci platform (Intuitive Surgical Inc).”

The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital: “Data were collected for patient characteristics and surgical outcomes. A total of 21 patients underwent R-TAPP repair consecutively. The mean age was 54.1 ±16.4 years. Twenty patients (95.2%) were male, and the mean body mass index was 23.8 ± 1.9. Bilateral hernia repairs were performed on 2 (9.5%) patients. Six cases (28.5%) of huge scrotal hernias were performed by R-TAPP. The operation time was 91.8 ± 20.4 min for unilateral inguinal hernia and 154.5 ± 26.2 min for bilateral inguinal hernia. The mean console operative time was 61.4 ± 16.9 min for unilateral inguinal hernia and 128 ± 25.5 min for bilateral inguinal hernia. Scrotal vein injury was identified in one patient intraoperatively. Two minor postoperative complications were reported: one with postoperative ileus and the other with umbilical wound seroma. The length of hospital stay was 3.8 ± 0.9 days. Neither mortality nor conversion to open surgery occurred.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “Our early experience has demonstrated that the R-TAPP inguinal hernia repair is a safe and feasible approach. Cost-effectiveness, optimal procedural steps, and indications for the robotic approach remain to be further investigated.”

For more information on this research see: P-092 Early Outcomes of Robotic-assisted Transabdominal Preperitoneal Inguinal Hernia Repair: A Single-institution Experience. British Journal of Surgery, 2023,110(Supplement_2). The publisher for British Journal of Surgery is Oxford University Press (OUP).

A free version of this journal article is available at https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znad080.228.

Our news editors report that more information may be obtained by contacting S Jung, Surgery, National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital, Goyang, South Korea. Additional authors for this research include J H Lee, S Y Lee, H S Lee.

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