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Robotics in general surgery: A systematic cost assessment.
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Who cites it
34 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The rise of the machines: are robots the future of renal artery aneurysm repair? A systematic review.Updates in surgery · 2024Pooled it
- Robotic surgery versus Laparoscopic surgery for anti-reflux and hiatal hernia surgery: a short-term outcomes and cost systematic literature review and meta-analysis.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2024Pooled it
- Robot-assisted surgery in thoracic and visceral indications: an updated systematic review.Surgical endoscopy · 2024Pooled it
- Robotic Appendicectomy: A review of feasibility.Sultan Qaboos University medical journal · 2023Pooled it
- Robotic-assisted versus laparoscopic living donor nephrectomy for renal transplantation: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England · 2023Pooled it
- Robotic versus Laparoscopic Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer: An Updated Systematic Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Pooled it
- Evaluation of ergonomics using the DEXTERSurgical endoscopy · 2026Trial
- Three-dimensional laparoscopic partial nephrectomy for hilar versus non-hilar tumors: outcomes from a large contemporary series.Central European journal of urology · 2026Article
- Single-port robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy: evaluating the Da Vinci SP system in minimally invasive urologic oncology.World journal of urology · 2025Review
- Economic Evaluations of Robotic-Assisted Surgery: Methods, Challenges and Opportunities.Applied health economics and health policy · 2025Review
- Global strategies for the diffusion of robotic surgery.Arquivos brasileiros de cirurgia digestiva : ABCD = Brazilian archives of digestive surgery · 2025Review
- Autonomous Robotic Systems in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.Otolaryngologic clinics of North America · 2024Review
- Efficacy and Safety of Robotic Surgery vs. Open Surgery for Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma: A Comprehensive Review.Cureus · 2024Review
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- Robotic surgery: public perceptions and current misconceptions.Journal of robotic surgery · 2024Article
- Robot-assisted vs laparoscopic bariatric procedures in super-obese patients: clinical and economic outcomes.Journal of robotic surgery · 2024Article
- Robotic surgery: how to optimize theatre turnover time.Journal of robotic surgery · 2023Article
- Crossover-effects in technical skills between laparoscopy and robot-assisted surgery.Surgical endoscopy · 2023Article
- The Expanding Utility of Robotic-Assisted Flap Harvest in Autologous Breast Reconstruction: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
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Abstract
The utilisation of robotic-assisted techniques is a novelty in the field of general surgery. Our intention was to examine the up to date available literature on the cost assessment of robotic surgery of diverse operations in general surgery. PubMed and Scopus databases were searched in a systematic way to retrieve the included studies in our review. Thirty-one studies were retrieved, referring on a vast range of surgical operations. The mean cost for robotic, open and laparoscopic ranged from 2539 to 57,002, 7888 to 16,851 and 1799 to 50,408 Euros, respectively. The mean operative charges ranged from 273.74 to 13,670 Euros. More specifically, for the robotic and laparoscopic gastric fundoplication, the cost ranged from 1534 to 2257 and 657 to 763 Euros, respectively. For the robotic and laparoscopic colectomy, it ranged from 3739 to 17,080 and 3109 to 33,865 Euros, respectively. For the robotic and laparoscopic cholecystectomy, ranged from 1163.75 to 1291 and from 273.74 to 1223 Euros, respectively. The mean non-operative costs ranged from 900 to 48,796 from 8347 to 8800 and from 870 to 42,055 Euros, for robotic, open and laparoscopic technique, respectively. Conversions to laparotomy were present in 34/18,620 (0.18%) cases of laparoscopic and in 22/1488 (1.5%) cases of robotic technique. Duration of surgery robotic, open and laparoscopic ranged from 54.6 to 328.7, 129 to 234, and from 50.2 to 260 min, respectively. The present evidence reveals that robotic surgery, under specific conditions, has the potential to become cost-effective. Large number of cases, presence of industry competition and multidisciplinary team utilisation are some of the factors that could make more reasonable and cost-effective the robotic-assisted technique.
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