
Welcome to the 2023 On the Spot: The Art of Herniology. There is so much to cover in hernia right now! Many questions have multiple fair, but conflicting, opinions:
- Should general surgery trainees be required to train on the robotic platform and achieve robotic certification in order to graduate?
- Should more be done proactively from those collecting data in surgery to protect surgeons from the potential unintended consequences related to surgeon liability?
- Does robotic eTEP potentially put