This talk was presented at the 2018 SAGES Meeting/16th World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery by Liam T Knott during the SS27: Residents/Fellows Session on April 13 2018
Keyword(s): CPT codes, flowchart, inguinal hernia recurrence, Intuitive Surgical, laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair, laparoscopic surgery, Medicare, minimally invasive approach, obesity, open inguinal hernia repair, open surgery, postoperative pain, primary inguinal hernia repair, reoperation, residents/fellows session, robotic surgery, robotic-assisted inguinal hernia repair, smoking, survival, Truven MarketScan, United States
Background–52 sec Surg Clin North Am 2003