Robotic Transabdominal Preperitoneal Inguinal Hernia Repair Is Feasible and Efficient: A Prospective Cohort Study of a Day‐Only Protocol From a High‐Volume Robotic Surgery Centre Evaluating Short‐Term Outcomes
R-TAPP IHR is feasible and safe, with comparatively lower operative time than the reported literature. Most patients were discharged as a day-only procedure, with minimal postoperative pain. Future studies will investigate the cost and longer-term outcomes.
Authors
- Mark Bukofzer
- Richard John Woodman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4094-1222)
- Jaswinder Singh Samra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6664-7147)
- Michelle Zhiyun Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9548-9720)
- Catherine J. Murphy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7066-5575)
- Kar Yin Fok (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8409-2066)
- Stephen Pillinger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1457-2582)
- Paul S. Dunkin
- Leslie Bradford (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6954-6712)
- Hannah J. Wong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9740-0312)
- Walid Barto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5704-3261)
- Christos Apostolou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4196-0118)
- Joseph Do Woong Choi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9274-4821)
- Julian Kueh
- Kim San Tang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2153-7184)
- Andrew J. Spillane (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8354-434X)
- A. Craig Lynch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5046-1364)
- Assad Zahid (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4401-416X)
- Aime Needs
- Ammar Ali‐Beck
- Jennifer Van Der Heever
Institutions
- Australian National University (AU)
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- Sydney Adventist Hospital (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- ANZ Journal of Surgery
- Published
- 2025-07-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/ans.70263
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Hernia repair and management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.02
Funders
- University of Sydney