Robotic Transversus Abdominus Release

Advanced abdominal wall reconstruction has seen a great evolution in recent decades. It is a burgeoning field, growing rapidly in breadth and procedural complexity, and with it, a growing evidence-based foundation. However, as with any surgical field where a major consideration for success or failure is largely determined by the incidence or absence of recurrence, and where this determination is made on the order of years to decades, we find ourselves advancing at a speed far greater than our evidence can keep pace. As a result, much of our clinical and operative decision-making is based on theoretical, albeit increasingly well understood principals of anatomy, physiology and biomechanics.