The possibilities and limitations of robot-assisted hernia surgery are presented in this book by an international team of authors in all their facets. The focus is on step-by-step descriptions of individual procedures for different indications and the detailed description of the anatomical conditions as they appear to the surgeon during the robot-assisted approach. Numerous drawings and surgical photographs, specially created for the book, illustrate the presentation and are complemented by a total of 16 videos of the surgical procedures, which can be accessed from the book using the publisher's MoreMedia app. Additional chapters address patient-related and scientific foundations and consider the procedures in their social and economic context.

Dr. Omar Yusef Kudsi, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA, USA

Prof. Dr. Dr. Ulrich Andreas Dietz, FEBS-AWS (Hon), Klinik für Viszeral, Gefäss- und Thoraxchirurgie, Kantonsspital Olten, Schweiz

Prof. Dr. Guido Beldi, Universitätsklinik für Viszerale Chirurgie und Medizin, Inselspital, Bern, Schweiz

Univ.-Prof. Dr. René Fortelny, FEBS-AWS (Hon), Lehrstuhl für Allgemeinchirurgie, Sigmund-Freud Privat-Universität, Wien, Österreich

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Armin Wiegering, Klinik und Poliklinik für Allgemein-, Viszeral-, Transplantations-, Gefäß- und Kinderchirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, Deutschland