Fig. 3.

Robotic ventral hernia repair with extraperitoneal mesh placement, a r-ventral TAPP in umbilical hernia: the peritoneum was mobilized, the fatty tissue retrieved from de hernia orifice, and the orifice is being closed. b A large mesh overlap is reached, the last step will be the suture of the peritoneum. c r-retromuscular approach (r-RM): **posterior rectus sheet, arrow = convergence of posterior and anterior rectus sheets at lina alba. d r-transversus abdominis release (r-TAR): between dotted lines = rectus abdominis muscle, *hernia gap, **posterior rectus sheet, ***transverse abdominal muscle.