A cost comparison of disposable vs reusable instruments in laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 520-525

  Demoulin, L ^b   Kesteloot, K ^a,b   Penninckx, F ^c  

^a Department of Applied Economics ^*  (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cost comparison; Disposables; Instruments; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy; Reusables

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; RECYCLING;

BELGIUM; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT REUSE; HUMANS;

EID: 0030140383     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00188399     Document Type: Review

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