Robotic primary ventral hernia repair-a multi-national Delphi expert consensus

Michael Devine^{1

2}, Marie Morris³, Carolyn Cullinane⁴, Helen Mohan^{5

6}, Eoghan Burke³, Dara O'Keeffe³, Barry B McGuire^{3

7}, MKevin Barry^{3

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9}, Conor Toale³, Jonathan Douissard¹⁰, Colin Peirce^{4

11}, Mathias Allaeys¹², J Calvin Coffey^{4

11}, Alan Horgan¹³, Cillian Clancy¹⁴, Niamh Foley¹⁵, Michael E Kelly¹⁶, Christina A Fleming^{4

11}, Dara O Kavanagh^{3

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16}; I-RobotS Hernia Group

Collaborators, Affiliations

I-RobotS Hernia Group:
Alberto Aiolfi, Oroog Ali, Pietro Anoldo, Krishna Asuri, Alberto G Barranquero, Frederik Berrevoet, Emanuele Botteri, Riccardo Caruso, Mette Willaume Christoffersen, Eva Deerenberg, Barbora East, Giampaolo Formisano, Miguel Angel Garcia Ureña, Sara Capoccia Giovannini, Nadia A Henriksen, William Hope, Jan Lambrecht, Manuel López Cano, Barrie Keeler, Flavio Malcher, Salvador Morales-Conde, Krinal Mori, Björn Mück, Carlo Pulitano, Victor G Radu, Tero Rautio, David Sanders, Maarten Simons, Ana Senent-Boza, Gen Shimada, Sanket Srinivasa, Cesare Stabilini, Ajay Kumar Pal, Andras Papp, Mauro Podda, Archana Ramaswamy, Yunhong Tian, Jaana Vironen, Satish K Warrier, Jessica Zaman

¹ Department of Surgical Affairs, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, 121 St. Stephen's Green, Dublin, Ireland. michaeldevine23@rcsi.com.
² Blackrock Hermitage Medical Clinic, Lucan, Dublin, Ireland. michaeldevine23@rcsi.com.
³ Department of Surgical Affairs, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, 121 St. Stephen's Green, Dublin, Ireland.
⁴ Department of Colorectal Surgery, University Hospital Limerick, St.Nessan's Road, Dooradoyle, Co. Limerick, V94 F858, Ireland.
⁵ Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, 305 Grattan St, Melbourne, VIC, 3052, Australia.
⁶ International Medical Robotics Academy, , Level 7/14/20 Blackwood St, North Melbourne, VIC, 3051, Australia.
⁷ St. Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4, Dublin, D04 T6F4, Ireland.
⁸ Mayo University Hospital, Westport Rd, Knockaphunta, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland.
⁹ Discipline of Surgery, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland.
¹⁰ Geneva University Hospitals, Rue Gabrielle-Perret-Gentil 4, 1205, Geneva, Switzerland.
¹¹ School of Medicine, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.
¹² Ghent University Hospital, Corneel Heymanslaan 10, 9000, Ghent, Belgium.
¹³ Freeman Hospital, Freeman Road, High Heaton, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE7 7DN, UK.
¹⁴ Tallaght University Hospital, Tallaght, Dublin, D24 NR0A, Ireland.
¹⁵ University Hospital Waterford, Dunmore Rd, Ballynakill, Waterford, X91 ER8E, Ireland.
¹⁶ St. James's University Hospital, James's St, Dublin 8, Dublin, D08 NHY1, Ireland.

Michael Devine et al. J Robot Surg. 2025.

. 2025 Dec 26;20(1):115.

doi: 10.1007/s11701-025-03045-2.

I-RobotS Hernia Group:
Alberto Aiolfi, Oroog Ali, Pietro Anoldo, Krishna Asuri, Alberto G Barranquero, Frederik Berrevoet, Emanuele Botteri, Riccardo Caruso, Mette Willaume Christoffersen, Eva Deerenberg, Barbora East, Giampaolo Formisano, Miguel Angel Garcia Ureña, Sara Capoccia Giovannini, Nadia A Henriksen, William Hope, Jan Lambrecht, Manuel López Cano, Barrie Keeler, Flavio Malcher, Salvador Morales-Conde, Krinal Mori, Björn Mück, Carlo Pulitano, Victor G Radu, Tero Rautio, David Sanders, Maarten Simons, Ana Senent-Boza, Gen Shimada, Sanket Srinivasa, Cesare Stabilini, Ajay Kumar Pal, Andras Papp, Mauro Podda, Archana Ramaswamy, Yunhong Tian, Jaana Vironen, Satish K Warrier, Jessica Zaman

¹ Department of Surgical Affairs, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, 121 St. Stephen's Green, Dublin, Ireland. michaeldevine23@rcsi.com.
² Blackrock Hermitage Medical Clinic, Lucan, Dublin, Ireland. michaeldevine23@rcsi.com.
³ Department of Surgical Affairs, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, 121 St. Stephen's Green, Dublin, Ireland.
⁴ Department of Colorectal Surgery, University Hospital Limerick, St.Nessan's Road, Dooradoyle, Co. Limerick, V94 F858, Ireland.
⁵ Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, 305 Grattan St, Melbourne, VIC, 3052, Australia.
⁶ International Medical Robotics Academy, , Level 7/14/20 Blackwood St, North Melbourne, VIC, 3051, Australia.
⁷ St. Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4, Dublin, D04 T6F4, Ireland.
⁸ Mayo University Hospital, Westport Rd, Knockaphunta, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland.
⁹ Discipline of Surgery, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland.
¹⁰ Geneva University Hospitals, Rue Gabrielle-Perret-Gentil 4, 1205, Geneva, Switzerland.
¹¹ School of Medicine, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.
¹² Ghent University Hospital, Corneel Heymanslaan 10, 9000, Ghent, Belgium.
¹³ Freeman Hospital, Freeman Road, High Heaton, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE7 7DN, UK.
¹⁴ Tallaght University Hospital, Tallaght, Dublin, D24 NR0A, Ireland.
¹⁵ University Hospital Waterford, Dunmore Rd, Ballynakill, Waterford, X91 ER8E, Ireland.
¹⁶ St. James's University Hospital, James's St, Dublin 8, Dublin, D08 NHY1, Ireland.

No abstract available

Keywords: Education and training; Guidelines; Primary; Robotic surgery; Ventral hernia.

Conflict of interest statement

Declarations. Competing interest: HM is the Director of Clinical Research at IMRA. The other authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.

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