Open AccessOpen versus robotic-assisted laparoscopic posterior component separation in complex abdominal wall repair
Author(s) -
Maxime Dewulf,
Juha M. Hiekkaranta,
Elisa Mäkäräinen,
Juha Saarnio,
Maaike Vierstraete,
Pasi Ohtonen,
Filip Muysoms,
Tero Rautio
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
bjs open
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.974
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2474-9842
DOI - 10.1093/bjsopen/zrac057
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , demographics , incisional hernia , hernia , tar (computing) , ventral hernia , demography , sociology , computer science , programming language
Transversus abdominis release (TAR) is a surgical technique used in the treatment of complex ventral hernias. The aim of this study was to compare outcomes of open (oTAR) versus robotic-assisted (rTAR) posterior component separation by TAR.