Utility of Robot-assisted Laparoscopic Transabdominal Preperitoneal Repair of Inguinal Hernia Following Robot-assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy.

Journal: In vivo (Athens, Greece)
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: To evaluate the utility of robot-assisted laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal repair (R-TAPP) of postprostatectomy inguinal hernia (PIH) in patients who underwent robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALP).

Authors

  • Naotake Funamizu
    Department of Surgery, Ageo Central General Hospital, Ageo, Japan; funamizujikei@yahoo.co.jp.
  • Sho Mineta
    Department of Surgery, Ageo Central General Hospital, Ageo, Japan.
  • Takahiro Ozaki
    Department of Surgery, Ageo Central General Hospital, Ageo, Japan.
  • Kohei Mishima
    Department of Surgery, Ageo Central General Hospital, Ageo, Japan.
  • Kazuharu Igarashi
    Department of Surgery, Ageo Central General Hospital, Saitama, Japan.
  • Kenji Omura
    Department of Surgery, Ageo Central General Hospital, Ageo, Japan.
  • Yasutsugu Takada
    Department of Hepatobiliary Pancreatic Surgery, Ehime University, Toon, Japan.
  • G O Wakabayashi
    Department of Surgery, Ageo Central General Hospital, Ageo, Japan.