San Francisco—In the first randomized controlled trial to compare robotic ventral hernia repair and laparoscopic ventral hernia repair, no benefit was found for the robotic approach. On several key indicators, the robotic-assisted approach failed to match outcomes associated with the laparoscopic procedure.
Compared with laparoscopic ventral hernia repair (LVHR), robotic ventral hernia repair (RVHR) did not decrease postoperative length of stay (LOS). It doubled OR