Presented by James G Bittner at the PG Course: Robotic Hernia Surgery – What can Robotics add to my Hernia Armamentarium? held during the 2017 SAGES Annual Meeting in Houston, TX on Wednesday, March 22, 2017
Keyword(s): abdominal wall, anterior axillary line, anterior rectus sheath, caudad, cephalad, defect closure, diastasis, dissection, docking, drain, equipment, fibrin sealant, flank hernia, hernia armamentarium, hernia defect, hernia sac, incarcerated umbilical hernia, indications, ipsilateral, lateral, linea alba, linea semilunaris, medial, mesh fixation, mesh implantation, mesh overlap, midline, monofilament suture, muscle, open ventral hernia repair, padding, peritoneal, peritoneal flap, peritoneum, plicate, plication, pneumoperitoneum, polypropylene mesh, positioning, pt selection, retrorectus repair, rIPOM, robotic hernia repair, robotic hernia surgery, robotic instruments, robotic platform, robotic repair, robotic Rives-Stoppa, robotic ventral hernia repair, robotics, rTAPP, self-gripping mesh, self-locking stitches, Si robot, subcostal hernia, subxiphoid hernia, suture, tack, TAR, tension, tips & tricks, transversus abdominis release, trocar positioning, umbilical hernia repair, V-loc suture, Xi robot
Pt selection–38 sec
Trocar positioning–2:23
Si robot positioning/docking–2:47
Equipment–3:10
rIPOM technique–3:41
Robotic ventral hernia technique–3:57
rTAPP video clip–7:20
rRives-Stoppa video clip–13:47