Abstract
Purpose
To examine the hospital length of stay (LOS) and 30 day outcomes of hybrid robotic transversus abdominis release (hrTAR) compared with open transversus abdominis release (oTAR).
Methods
Patients receiving hrTAR were selected from the AHSQC database and propensity matched with a contemporary cohort of oTAR patients.
Results
The cohort included 95 hrTAR and 285 oTAR patients. There was a significantly shorter median LOS in the hrTAR cohort (3 vs. 5 days, p < 0.001). The rate of surgical site occurrences in the hrTAR cohort was also lower than for oTAR (5% vs. 15%, p = 0.015). Readmission rates were not different between hrTAR and oTAR (6% vs. 8%, p = 0.65).
Conclusion
hrTAR demonstrates improved LOS compared to oTAR as well as fewer surgical site related occurrences. Further studies are needed to investigate the etiology behind the improved LOS and to confirm appropriate long-term outcomes from hybrid robotic TAR.
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Randy J. Janczyk, MD: Has received honoraria from Intuitive Surgical. Anthony A. Iacco, MD: Has received honoraria from Intuitive Surgical. Robert Abdu DO: Declares no conflict of interest. Andrew Vasyluk, MD: Declares no conflict of interest. Narra Reddy MD: Declares no conflict of interest. Joshua T. Halka, MD: Declares no conflict of interest. Alexander DeMare MD: Declares no conflict of interest.
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Abdu, R., Vasyluk, A., Reddy, N. et al. Hybrid robotic transversus abdominis release versus open: propensity-matched analysis of 30-day outcomes. Hernia 25, 1491–1497 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10029-020-02249-9
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