Safety and short-term outcomes of robotic-assisted transabdominal preperitoneal repair for inguinal hernia in pioneering hospitals in Japan: A nationwide retrospective cohort study.

Journal: Asian journal of endoscopic surgery
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Abstract

INTRODUCTION: We aimed to evaluate the safety and short-term outcomes of robotic-assisted transabdominal preperitoneal repair for inguinal hernia in 12 pioneering hospitals in Japan.

Authors

  • Nobuhiko Okamoto
    Department of Surgery, Ageo Central General Hospital, Ageo, Japan.
  • Takeyuki Misawa
    Department of Surgery The Jikei University Kashiwa Hospital Chiba Japan.
  • Gen Shimada
    Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery and Hernia Center, St. Luke's International Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Takuya Saito
  • Shuji Takiguchi
    Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
  • Kiyotaka Imamura
    Department of Surgery, Teine Keijinkai Medical Center, Sapporo, Japan.
  • Masakazu Ohuchi
    Department of Surgery, Juntendo University Urayasu Hospital, Urayasu, Japan.
  • Tsukasa Tanida
  • Ikuo Watanobe
    Department of General Surgery, Juntendo University Nerima Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Tsutomu Fujii
    Department of Surgery and Science, Faculty of Medicine Academic Assembly, University of Toyama Toyama Japan.
  • Ichiro Takemasa
    Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita City, Osaka, Japan.
  • Fumitoshi Mizutani
    Department of Surgery, Nagoya Ekisaikai Hospital, Nagoya, Japan.
  • Taketo Matsubara
    Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery and Hernia Center, St. Luke's International Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Shunsuke Hayakawa
    Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan.
  • Toru Watanabe
    Department of Surgery and Science, Faculty of Medicine Academic Assembly, University of Toyama Toyama Japan.
  • Koichi Okuya
    Department of Surgery, Surgical Oncology and Science, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo, Japan.
  • Hideki Takahashi
    Department of Surgery, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Masahiro Horikawa
    Department of Surgery, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Go Wakabayashi
    Department of Surgery, Ageo Central General Hospital, Saitama, Japan.