The economics of robotic cystectomy: Cost comparison of open versus robotic cystectomy

BJU International

Volumn 108, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1886-1892

  Lee, Richard ^a   Ng, Casey K ^a   Shariat, Shahrokh F ^a   Borkina, Anna ^a   Guimento, Robert ^b   Brumit, Kevin F ^b   Scherr, Douglas S ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

costs and cost analysis; cystectomy; medical economics; robotics; urinary bladder neoplasms

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA IN SITU; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTECTOMY; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; ILEAL CONDUIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPEN RADICAL CYSTECTOMY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROBOTIC ASSISTED LAPAROSCOPIC RADICAL CYSTECTOMY; SIMULATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; URINARY DIVERSION;

AGED; COST OF ILLNESS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CYSTECTOMY; HEALTH FACILITY SIZE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROBOTICS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; URINARY DIVERSION; WORKLOAD;

EID: 80051919417     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2011.10114.x     Document Type: Article

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