In a comprehensive review encompassing 64 studies, including 227,242 patients for inguinal hernia repair (IHR) and 158,384 for ventral hernia repair (VHR), robotic surgery exhibited superiority. Robotic IHR significantly lowered hernia recurrence risk (OR 0.54), demonstrating its safety and efficacy. The meta-analysis underscores that robotic surgery emerges as a commendable alternative, offering intraoperative and postoperative advantages compared to laparoscopy and open surgery in both IHR and VHR cases.
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