Revolution in herniology: Forecast for the next 25 years

Abstract

In the next 25 years, medicine, and surgery in particular, will undergo revolutionary changes, mainly due to a combination of biotechnology, artificial intelligence and the emergence of new materials. With a high degree of probability, the focus of surgical science will be on biocompatible materials, personalization of treatment using artificial intelligence algorithms, as well as the development of fully automated robotic systems. Based on existing experimental and preclinical studies, it is possible to get an idea of current trends that can be guessed in existing and emerging technologies, which allows us to describe the outlines of the near future with a high degree of probability and, based on a detailed analysis, describe the expected, and possibly desired, technologies.