title: Robotic inguinal hernia repair.
abstract: Inguinal hernias have been described throughout the history of medicine with many efforts to achieve the cure. Currently, with the advantages of minimally invasive surgery, new questions arise: what is going to be the best approach for inguinal hernia repair? Is there a real benefit with the robotic approach? Should minimally invasive hernia surgery be the standard of care? In this report we address these questions by describing our experience with robotic inguinal hernia repair.
authors.affiliation: Baptist Health South Florida, Baptist Health Medical Group.
authors.forename: Jose E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Escobar Dominguez
authors.affiliation: Baptist Health South Florida, Baptist Health Medical Group.|Florida International University College of Medicine.
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gonzalez
authors.affiliation: Baptist Health South Florida, Baptist Health Medical Group.|Florida International University College of Medicine.
authors.forename: Charan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Donkor
mesh_terms: D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000601:surgery*; D059685:Herniorrhaphy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D065287:Robotic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*
keywords: robotic TAPP; robotic hernioplasty; robotic herniorrhaphy