Robot-assisted triple neurectomy for iatrogenic inguinal pain: a technical note

Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2014 Jan;156(1):171-5. doi: 10.1007/s00701-013-1857-z. Epub 2013 Sep 13.

Abstract

Background: Painful neuromas are a relatively common complication of hernia and abdominal wall surgery.

Objective: Surgical neurectomy has the potential to to provide durable relief for chronic pain; however, current surgical approaches are not without morbidity or anatomical challenges.We sought a surgical alternative.

Methods: In the treatment of a case of incapacitating inguinal pain, we performed an anterior transperitoneal approach using a surgical robot.

Results: This approach was facile and provided elegant anatomical visualization.

Conclusion: This case describes the first known robot-assisted laparoscopic triple neurectomy and details a simplified, transperitoneal approach.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Humans
  • Laparoscopy / instrumentation*
  • Middle Aged
  • Neuralgia / diagnosis
  • Neuralgia / etiology
  • Neuralgia / surgery*
  • Neurosurgical Procedures / instrumentation*
  • Neurosurgical Procedures / methods
  • Pain, Postoperative / diagnosis
  • Pain, Postoperative / surgery*
  • Robotics / instrumentation*
  • Treatment Outcome