TARUP technique. Advantages of minimally invasive robot-assisted abdominal Wall surgery

Victor Rodrigues; Manuel López-Cano

doi:10.1016/j.ciresp.2020.10.008

TARUP technique. Advantages of minimally invasive robot-assisted abdominal Wall surgery

Cir Esp (Engl Ed). 2021 Apr;99(4):302-305. doi: 10.1016/j.ciresp.2020.10.008. Epub 2020 Nov 19.

[Article in English, Spanish]

Authors

Victor Rodrigues¹, Manuel López-Cano²

Affiliations

¹ Unidad de Cirugía de Pared Abdominal, Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Universidad Autonóma de Barcelona, Barcelona, España.
² Unidad de Cirugía de Pared Abdominal, Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Universidad Autonóma de Barcelona, Barcelona, España. Electronic address: mlpezcano@gmail.com.

PMID: 33223122
DOI: 10.1016/j.ciresp.2020.10.008

Abstract

The use of robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery in ventral/incisional hernia repair has increased exponentially in recent years. This increase is probably related to the advantages of robotic surgery, among which are better visualization, the implementation of articulated instruments and better ergonomics for the surgeon. The TARUP (Robotic Transabdominal Retromuscular Umbilical Prosthetic Hernia Repair) technique combines the benefits of minimally invasive surgery, in terms of less wound-related morbidity, also allowing the placement of a mesh in a retromuscular position facilitated by the use of the robotic platform.

Keywords: Cirugía robótica; Hernia incisional; Hernia umbilical; Hernia ventral; Incisional hernia; Robotic surgery; TARUP; Umbilical hernia; Ventral hernia.