TABLE 1.
Demographic and preoperative characteristics of consecutive patients undergoing hernia repair using robotic surgery.
| Parameters | Hernia repair technique | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inguinal rTAPP | rTARUP/eTEP | rTAR | |
| Demographics | (n = 97) | (n = 42) | (n = 13) |
| Age (years), median (IQR) | 61 (48–70) | 56 (47–64) | 55 (44–65) |
| Sex, n Male Female |
91 6 |
28 14 |
7 6 |
| Ethnicity, n White Black Asian British |
86 0 11 |
39 0 3 |
11 1 1 |
| BMI (kg/m2), median (IQR) | 26 (24–28) | 32 (29–36) | 33 (30–35) |
| ASA classification, median (IQR) | 2 (2–2) | 2 (2–2) | 2 (2–3) |
| CCI, median (IQR) | 2 (1–3) | 2 (1–3) | 2 (1–3) |
| Preoperative characteristics | |||
| Preoperative imaging, n Yes No |
13 84 |
22 20 |
13 0 |
| Indication for repair, n Symptomatic Incarcerated |
96 1 |
42 0 |
13 0 |
| Type of hernia, n Primary Recurrent Incisional |
79 16 — |
31 9 2 |
0 4 9 |
| Type of primary repair, n Open Suture Mesh |
16 0 16 |
9 7 2 |
0 4 0 |
| Side of groin hernia, n Right Left Bilateral |
42 32 23 |
— | — |
| EHS classification, n M1M2, W2 M2, W1 M2M3, W2 M2M3, W3 M2-M4, W2 M2-M4, W2, L3, W2 M3, W1 M3, W2 M3, W2, L3, W2 M3-M5, W2 M3-M5, W3 M4M5, W2 M5, W1 L3, W1 |
1 1 - - - - 38 1 - - - - 1 - |
- - 2 1 2 1 - 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 |
|
| Maximum defect size (cm), median (IQR) Width Height |
— |
3.2 (2.3–4.1) — |
7.0 (5.12–7.54) 11.0 (5.75–15.1) |
| Loss of domain, median (IQR) Tanaka method |
— | — |
12.5 (11.2–16.6) |
ASA, American Society of Anesthesiologists; BMI, body mass index; CCI, charlson comorbidity index; EHS, European Hernia Society; IQR, interquartile range; rTAPP, robotic transabdominal preperitoneal; rTARUP, robotic transabdominal retrorectus umbilical prosthetic; eTEP, extended totally extraperitoneal; rTAR, robotic transversus abdominus release.