STAPLED FASCIAL CLOSURE VS. CONTINUOUS HAND-SEWN SUTURE: EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF THE ABDOMINAL WALL ON PORCINE MODEL AND HUMAN CADAVER.

Background: One of the primary complications associated with large incisions in abdominal surgery is the increased risk of fascial closure rupture and incisional hernia development. The choice of the fascial closure method and closing with minimal tension and trauma is crucial for optimal results, emphasizing the importance of uniform pressure along the suture line to withstand intra-abdominal pressure.

Aims: To evaluate the resistance to pressure and tension of stapled and sutured hand-sewn fascial closure in the abdominal wall.

ROBOTIC-ASSISTED VERSUS LAPAROSCOPIC INCISIONAL HERNIA REPAIR: DIFFERENCES IN DIRECT COSTS FROM A BRAZILIAN PUBLIC INSTITUTE PERSPECTIVE.

Background: Robotic-assisted surgery research has grown dramatically in the past two decades and the advantages over traditional videolaparoscopy have been extensively debated. For hernias, the robotic system can increase intraoperative strategies, especially in complex hernias or incisional hernias.

Aims: This study aimed to compare the direct cost differences between robotic and laparoscopic hernia repair and determine each source of expenditure that may be related to the increased costs in a robotic program from the perspective of a Brazilian public institution.

Short-Term Surgical Outcomes of Robotic Gastrectomy Compared to Open Gastrectomy for Patients with Gastric Cancer: a Randomized Trial.

Background: Robotic gastrectomy (RG) has been shown to be a safe and feasible method in gastric cancer (GC) treatment. However, most studies are in Eastern cohorts and there is great interest in knowing whether the method can be used routinely, especially in the West.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to compare the short-term surgical outcomes of D2-gastrectomy by RG versus open gastrectomy (OG).

Robotic-assisted compared with laparoscopic incisional hernia repair following oncologic surgery: short- and long-term outcomes of a randomized controlled trial.

Background: Patients with abdominal site cancer are at risk for incisional hernia after open surgery. This study aimed to compare the short- and long-term outcomes of robotic-assisted (RVIHR) with the laparoscopic incisional hernia repair (LVIHR) in an oncologic institute.

Methods: This is a single-blinded randomized controlled pilot trial.

Preoperative botulinum toxin type A: A case report of a proposed new strategy for giant hiatal hernia management.

The use of preoperative ventral botulinum toxin for giant hiatal hernia management.

Quality of life of in patients submitted to anterior abdominal wall laparoscopic hernioplasty.

Background: The laparoscopic ventral hernia repair technique made possible surgeries with smaller skin incisions and smaller dissection of the soft tissue around the hernia, therefore with a better wound, a quicker postoperative recovery and a lower complication rate.

Aim: To evaluate the applicability of a quality of life survey based on the molds of the American Hernia Society, European Hernia Society and Carolinas Equation for Quality of Life, through telephone in patients submitted to laparoscopic hernioplasty by IPOM technique.

Methods: A retrospective cohort study was made to evaluate the quality of life of 21 patients that underwent anterior abdominal wall laparoscopic hernioplasty by intraperitoneal onlay mesh technique.

Treatment of mid-line abdominal wall hernias with the use of endo-stapler for mid-line closure.

Introduction: Minimally invasive videosurgery has modified anatomy dissection of diseases that are treated operatively. However, the benefit of this method has been delayed due to the lack of development of technologies and articulated movements for the abdominal wall, demanding the need for investments and time for solidification. This approach to repair the abdominal wall is based on the Rives-Stoppa principles.

Robotic abdominal surgery: a Brazilian initial experience.

Background: Robotic brought to laparoscopy the enrichment of movements, the easy to perform maneuvers and procedures, visualization in three dimensions, and ergonomics for the surgeon.

Aim: To describe Brazilian experience with robotically-assisted abdominal surgery.

Methods: From July 2008 to April 2010, patients were admitted for abdominal surgery and agreed to being operated with the help of the robot by a trained medical staff.

[Modified robot assisted Rives/Stoppa videosurgery for midline ventral hernia repair].

Background: The weakness of the linea alba can be caused by congenital and aquired factors. The conventional procedure to correct these imperfections generally involve large incisions with big detachments of the skin and subcutaneous tissue. The use of videosurgery for the repair of these weaknesses is still controversy.

Brazilian experience in obesity surgery robot-assisted.

Background: Minimally invasive techniques were associated with bariatric surgery, leading to a decrease in aggression to the organs and systems. Robotic surgery is a new possibility within the concept of minimal invasion.

Aim: To evaluate the initial experience of robotic surgery for obesity.

Robotic rectosigmoidectomy - pioneer case report in Brazil. Current scene in colorectal robotic surgery.

Laparoscopic colorectal surgery is believed to be technically and oncologically feasible. Robotic surgery is an attractive mode in performing minimally-invasive surgery once it has several advantages if compared to standard laparoscopic surgery. The aim of this paper is to report the first known case of colorectal resection surgery using the robotic assisted surgical device in Brazil.

Robotic resection of intraductal neoplasm of the pancreas.

Background: Minimally invasive techniques have been revolutionary and provide clinical evidence of decreased morbidity and comparable efficacy to traditional open surgery. Computer-assisted surgical devices have recently been approved for general surgical use.

Aim: The aim of this study was to report the first known case of pancreatic resection with the use of a computer-assisted, or robotic, surgical device in Latin America.

[First robotic-assisted laparoscopic liver resection in Latin America].

The surgical robotic system is superior to traditional laparoscopy in regards to 3-dimensional images and better instrumentations. Robotic surgery for hepatic resection has not yet been extensively reported. The aim of this paper is to report the first known case of liver resection with use of a computer-assisted, or robotic, surgical device in Latin America.