Journal Article: Patient -Reported Outcomes of Robotic vs. Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair With Intraperitoneal Mesh: The PROVE-IT Randomized Clinical Trial
The title of the article is Patient -Reported Outcomes of Robotic vs. Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair With Intraperitoneal Mesh: The PROVE-IT Randomized Clinical Trial.
The article was published in JAMA in January 2021. The first author is Clayton Petro. The objective of the study is to determine whether the robotic approach to ventral hernia repair with intraperitoneal mesh would result in less postoperative pain. This is a randomized control trial involving 75 patients. 36 underwent laparoscopically and 39 underwent robotic ventral hernia repair. They compare the outcome based on the patient-reported Numerical Rating Scale on the first postoperative day. They also considered the hernia-specific quality of life score, length of stay, and complication rates. They found that these two surgical approaches have comparable outcomes, but the robotic approach is associated with increased operative time and higher cost.
