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The majority of supra-pubic hernias are incisional in their nature. Data show that the Rives-Stoppa repair of ventral hernias is the standard of care by which open hernia repairs should be judged. However, laparoscopic ventral hernia repair has been found to result in negligible wound complications and low recurrence rates, and it has been associated with faster recovery, fewer complications, and a lower recurrence rate than the open technique, but there continues to be a significant incidence of postoperative pain associated with the transabdominal wall sutures and tackers fixation. The technique of robotic ventral TAPP incisional hernia repair in the supra-pubic area raises as an alternative, providing intracorporeal closure of the fascial defect and mesh fixation with reduced wound morbidity, allowing good mesh overlap and fixation in the retropubic space.
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Malcher, F., Parra-Davila, E., Cavazzola, L.T. (2020). Robotic Supra-pubic Hernia Repair: Transabdominal Preperitoneal (TAPP). In: Kudsi, O. (eds) Robotic Hernia Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46667-1_5
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