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ArticleJournal of medical systems2025

Real-Time Cost Awareness in Surgical Disposables: A Multispecialty Pre-Post Trial.

Thomas G Poder, Philippe Harris, Maxime Têtu, Pascal Mondoloni, Cathy Vernelus, Alexandre Mignault, Moishe Liberman

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Article in Journal of medical systems, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Thomas G PoderSchool of Public Health, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada. thomas.poder@umontreal.ca.
Philippe HarrisCentre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Maxime TêtuCentre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Pascal MondoloniDepartment of Nursing, Operating Room, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Cathy VernelusDepartment of Nursing, Operating Room, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Alexandre MignaultDepartment of Nursing, Operating Room, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Moishe LibermanCentre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada. moishe.liberman@umontreal.ca.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study was conducted to demonstrate the impact of a software-based cost awareness intervention on the reduction of cost of surgical disposables used in thoracic, gynecological, colorectal and plastic surgery. We used a prospective, non-randomized, pre-post trial in video assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) lobectomy, total laparoscopic hysterectomy, laparoscopic low anterior resection, and deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap breast reconstruction. Overall, 775 cases performed between February 2021 and August 2023 were included in the study, 521 for VATS lobectomy (control n = 164), 127 for laparoscopic total hysterectomy (control n = 19), 48 for laparoscopic colorectal surgery (control n = 8), and 79 for DIEP flap breast reconstruction (control n = 53). Average age was 63 years with 67% female and average BMI of 27.57 kg/m

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Cost SavingsAgedFemaleHumansHysterectomyLaparoscopyMaleMammaplastyMiddle AgedProspective StudiesThoracic Surgery, Video-AssistedArtificial intelligenceAwarenessComputer-visionCostMedical devicesSoftwareSurgery

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PMID39960578

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