Masahiro Toide, Shin Ebara, Tomoyuki Tatenuma, Yoshinori Ikehata, Akinori Nakayama, Makoto Kawase, Takeshi Sasaki, Tatsuaki Yoneda, Kazushige Sakaguchi, Jun Teishima, Kazuhide Makiyama, Hiroshi Kitamura, Kazutaka Saito, Takuya Koie, Takahiro Inoue, Shinji Urakami, Fumitaka Koga
To investigate the incidence and risk factors of inguinal hernia (IH) after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) using a multicentric database. The present study used a multicentric database (the MSUG94) containing data on 3,195 Japanese patients undergoing RARP between 2012 and 2021. Surgical procedures utilized for IH prevention were as follows: isolation of the vas deferens, transection of the vas deferens, isolation of the spermatic vessels, and separation of the peritoneum from the internal inguinal ring...
January 17, 2024: Journal of Robotic Surgery