Early operative outcomes of endoscopic (eTEP access) robotic-assisted retromuscular abdominal wall hernia repair

Abstract
The enhanced-view totally extraperitoneal (eTEP) hernia repair technique was first described for laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair and later applied to laparoscopic ventral and incisional hernia repair. We present our center’s early operative outcomes utilizing principles of this technique during robotic ventral and incisional hernia repair for implementation of the robotic eTEP Rives–Stoppa (eRS) and eTEP transversus abdominis release (eTAR) techniques.