Patient-Reported Outcomes of Robotic vs Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair With Intraperitoneal Mesh: The PROVE-IT Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Despite rapid adoption of the robotic platform for ventral hernia repair with intraperitoneal mesh in the United States, there is no level I evidence comparing it with the traditional laparoscopic approach. This randomized clinical trial sought to demonstrate a clinical benefit to the robotic approach.

Objective

To determine whether robotic approach to ventral hernia repair with intraperitoneal mesh would result in less postoperative pain.

Design, setting, and participants

A registry-based, single-blinded, prospective randomized clinical trial at the Cleveland Clinic Center for Abdominal Core Health, Cleveland, Ohio, completed between September 2017 and January 2020, with a minimum follow-up duration of 30 days. Two surgeons at 1 academic tertiary care hosp

SUBMITTER: Petro CC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7578919 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature