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Robotic radical prostatectomy with concomitant repair of inguinal hernia: is it safe?

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Robotic radical prostatectomy (RARP) is well established as a safe and effective treatment for prostate cancer. According to published studies, patients undergoing RARP are at increased risk of being diagnosed with an inguinal hernia after RARP and are four times more likely to have an inguinal hernia repair (IHR) following RARP. Several studies have demonstrated the effectiveness and safety of IHR during RARP. Overall, it has been observed that IHR adds on average, 12–15 min in total surgical time and there were no significant differences between RARP with or without IHR with respect to postoperative complications. This study analyzes a large series of patients undergoing RARP (1100) and compares them to a group that underwent RARP with IHR (39). Between December 2008 and January 2015, 1139 patients underwent RARP at Florida Hospital in Celebration, FL. Of the total patients, 39 underwent concomitant IHR. All procedures were performed by the same surgeons (urologist and general surgeon), using the same techniques of RARP and TAPP inguinal hernia repair. After 30 days, the differences were evaluated between groups regarding surgical time, EBL and postoperative complications. The average age of patients undergoing the procedure was 61.65 years. The mean procedure time was approximately 120 min (min), with an additional period of 68 min for IHR (mean = 188; p = 0.0001). There was a significant difference in BMI between the groups, 28.3 kg/m2 for patients undergoing RARP and 26.8 kg/m2 for those who underwent RARP and IHR (p = 0.028). The EBL averaged 110.87 mL, with no significant difference between groups (p = 0371). There was no significant association between clinical stage of the patient and the type of procedure performed (p = 12:35). There was no significant difference in the presence of comorbidities and the operation preformed. There were 61 events recorded postoperatively, 57 (5.2%) among patients who underwent only RARP and 4 (10.26%) among those who had both. Taken together, the small amounts of complications in both groups prevent statistical significance. This study compared two groups of patients undergoing RARP: those with IHR and those without. Our study demonstrated an increase in surgical time; however, there was no increase in postoperative complications. From the data presented, we suggest that the performance of both procedures concomitantly is feasible and safe.

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  1. Celebration Center for Surgery, Florida Hospital Celebration Health, Celebration, FL, USA

    Eduardo Parra-Davila, Flavio Malcher, Carlos Hartmann & Carlos Ortiz-Ortiz

  2. Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

    Bernardo Mastella & Guiherme de Araújo

  3. Global Robotics Institute, Florida Hospital Celebration Health, Celebration, FL, USA

    Travis Rogers, Gabriel Ogaya-Pinies, Eduardo Hernandez-Cardona & Vipul Patel

  4. Serviço de Cirurgia Geral, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

    Leandro Totti Cavazzola

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The authors Travis Rogers, Eduardo Parra-Davila, Flavio Malcher, Carlos Hartmann, Bernardo Mastella, Guiherme de Araújo, Gabriel Ogaya-Pinies, Carlos Ortiz-Ortiz, Eduardo Hernandez-Cardona, Vipul Patel, and Leandro Totti Cavazzola declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

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Rogers, T., Parra-Davila, E., Malcher, F. et al. Robotic radical prostatectomy with concomitant repair of inguinal hernia: is it safe?. J Robotic Surg 12, 325–330 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11701-017-0737-6

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