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Robotic transabdominal preperitoneal approach for repair of primary, uncomplicated ventral hernias

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Tunder, K.H., Ballecer, C. Robotic transabdominal preperitoneal approach for repair of primary, uncomplicated ventral hernias. Hernia 23, 1019–1020 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10029-019-02057-w

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