Ajita S. Prabhu
Cleveland Clinic, Hernia Center, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Papers
22
Total Citations
764
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About
Ajita S. Prabhu is a leading surgical researcher specializing in minimally invasive and robotic approaches to hernia repair, with particular expertise in both inguinal and ventral hernia surgery. Her work has fundamentally advanced the evidence base for robotic surgical platforms at a time when their adoption in the United States was rapidly outpacing clinical validation. Most notably, Prabhu has led or contributed to multiple landmark randomized clinical trials — including the RIVAL, PROVE-IT, and REVEAL trials — that represent the first level I evidence directly comparing robotic techniques to established laparoscopic approaches for hernia repair. Her 2020 study on robotic versus laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair alone has garnered nearly 200 citations, reflecting its outsized influence on surgical practice. Beyond randomized trials, Prabhu has leveraged large multicenter quality collaborative databases, such as the Americas Hernia Society Quality Collaborative and the Abdominal Core Health Quality Collaborative, to generate real-world comparative outcomes data. Her cumulative body of work, spanning outcomes research, patient-reported measures, and surgical technique evaluation, has made her an indispensable voice in shaping evidence-driven standards for modern hernia surgery.
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- 1Robotic Inguinal vs Transabdominal Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair197 citations · 2020
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