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Open versus robotic-assisted transabdominal preperitoneal (R-TAPP) inguinal hernia repair: a multicenter matched analysis of clinical outcomes

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10029-018-1769-1

Published Online: 2018-04-26

Published Print: 2018-10

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Authors

Gamagami, R. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3658-213X
Dickens, E.

Gonzalez, A.

D’Amico, L.

Richardson, C.

Rabaza, J.

Kolachalam, R.
Funding

Funding for this research was provided by:

Intuitive Surgical
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Article History

Received: 4 June 2017

Accepted: 13 April 2018

First Online: 26 April 2018

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: Drs. Gamagami, Dickens, Gonzalez, D’Amico, Richardson, Rabaza, and Kolachalam received clinical research grants from Intuitive Surgical. Drs. Gamagami, Dickens, Gonzalez, and D’Amico receive personal fees for consulting and education from Intuitive. Dr. Dickens receives personal fees for consulting and education from Covidien and is an advisor (with ownership) to GibLab. Dr. D’Amico receives consulting fees from Ethicon. The authors have no other conflicts of interest or disclosures.

: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. For this type of study (Retrospective) formal consent is not required.

: This article does not contain any studies with animals performed by any of the authors.

: For this type of study (Retrospective) formal consent is not required.