Robotic Belsey Mark IV Repair of the Paraesophageal Hernia. 2023

Joseph A Reza, and Charles Bakhos, and Stacey Su, and Roman Petrov, and Abbas E Abbas
Department of Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Surgical repair of paraesophageal hernias in patients with hostile abdomen is challenging. Despite its utility as an open procedure, the adoption of the minimally invasive Belsey Mark IV procedure has been limited because of the complexity of using traditional video-assisted thoracoscopic instrumentation. The robotic platform offers additional degrees of freedom, which enables minimally invasive transthoracic approach despite challenging anatomy. The purpose of this article is to describe a technique of robotic approach for the Belsey Mark IV operation. We retrospectively reviewed 5 cases of the robotic Belsey Mark IV procedure completed at a single institution between June 2018 and November 2021. Data were collected from a review of the medical records, including operative reports, anesthesia records, imaging, and clinical notes. The operative technique is described in the present article. There were 4 men and 1 woman. The average age of the patients was 64.4 ± 13.6 years, with an average body mass index of 24.5 kg/m2. Three patients had undergone previous transabdominal hiatal hernia repair, and 2 of them had 2 prior repairs. One patient underwent simultaneous pulmonary left lower lobectomy for cancer with the Belsey Mark IV procedure. The average operative time was 209 ± 95 min (110 to 360 min). The average postoperative length of stay was 4.2 days, and 2 patients experienced complications including bleeding and persistent air leak (after lobectomy). The average blood loss was 67 ± 25 mL. The robotic platform enables a transthoracic minimally invasive approach to the Belsey Mark IV operation.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D010535 Laparoscopy A procedure in which a laparoscope (LAPAROSCOPES) is inserted through a small incision near the navel to examine the abdominal and pelvic organs in the PERITONEAL CAVITY. If appropriate, biopsy or surgery can be performed during laparoscopy. Celioscopy,Laparoscopic Surgical Procedures,Peritoneoscopy,Surgical Procedures, Laparoscopic,Laparoscopic Assisted Surgery,Laparoscopic Surgery,Laparoscopic Surgical Procedure,Procedure, Laparoscopic Surgical,Procedures, Laparoscopic Surgical,Surgery, Laparoscopic,Surgical Procedure, Laparoscopic,Celioscopies,Laparoscopic Assisted Surgeries,Laparoscopic Surgeries,Laparoscopies,Peritoneoscopies,Surgeries, Laparoscopic,Surgeries, Laparoscopic Assisted,Surgery, Laparoscopic Assisted
D005260 Female Females
D006551 Hernia, Hiatal STOMACH herniation located at or near the diaphragmatic opening for the ESOPHAGUS, the esophageal hiatus. Hernia, Esophageal,Hernia, Paraesophageal,Hiatal Hernia,Esophageal Hernia,Hernia, Hiatus,Paraesophageal Hiatal Hernia,Sliding Esophageal Hernia,Sliding Hiatal Hernia,Esophageal Hernia, Sliding,Esophageal Hernias,Esophageal Hernias, Sliding,Hernia, Paraesophageal Hiatal,Hernia, Sliding Esophageal,Hernia, Sliding Hiatal,Hernias, Esophageal,Hernias, Hiatal,Hernias, Hiatus,Hernias, Paraesophageal,Hernias, Paraesophageal Hiatal,Hernias, Sliding Esophageal,Hernias, Sliding Hiatal,Hiatal Hernia, Paraesophageal,Hiatal Hernia, Sliding,Hiatal Hernias,Hiatal Hernias, Paraesophageal,Hiatal Hernias, Sliding,Hiatus Hernia,Hiatus Hernias,Paraesophageal Hernia,Paraesophageal Hernias,Paraesophageal Hiatal Hernias,Sliding Esophageal Hernias,Sliding Hiatal Hernias
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D012189 Retrospective Studies Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons. Retrospective Study,Studies, Retrospective,Study, Retrospective
D013906 Thoracoscopy Endoscopic examination, therapy or surgery of the pleural cavity. Endoscopy, Pleural,Pleural Endoscopy,Pleuroscopy,Surgical Procedures, Thoracoscopic,Thoracoscopic Surgical Procedures,Surgery, Thoracoscopic,Thoracoscopic Surgery,Endoscopies, Pleural,Pleural Endoscopies,Pleuroscopies,Surgeries, Thoracoscopic,Surgical Procedure, Thoracoscopic,Thoracoscopic Surgeries,Thoracoscopic Surgical Procedure,Thoracoscopies
D059685 Herniorrhaphy Surgical procedures undertaken to repair abnormal openings through which tissue or parts of organs can protrude or are already protruding. Hernia Repair,Hernioplasty,Hernia Repairs,Hernioplasties,Herniorrhaphies,Repair, Hernia,Repairs, Hernia

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