title: Robot-assisted triple neurectomy for iatrogenic inguinal pain: a technical note.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Painful neuromas are a relatively common complication of hernia and abdominal wall surgery.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Surgical neurectomy has the potential to to provide durable relief for chronic pain; however, current surgical approaches are not without morbidity or anatomical challenges.We sought a surgical alternative.
  
  
  METHODS
  In the treatment of a case of incapacitating inguinal pain, we performed an anterior transperitoneal approach using a surgical robot.
  
  
  RESULTS
  This approach was facile and provided elegant anatomical visualization.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This case describes the first known robot-assisted laparoscopic triple neurectomy and details a simplified, transperitoneal approach.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurological Surgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ, 85013, USA, neuropub@dignityhealth.org.
authors.forename: Mark A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Mahan
authors.forename: Andrew K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Kader
authors.forename: Justin M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009437:Neuralgia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D012371:Robotics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D016896:Treatment Outcome