Is robotic surgery cost-effective: No

Current Opinion in Urology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 66-69

  Lotan, Yair ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cost effectiveness; health economics; robotic assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy; robotic assisted surgery

Indexed keywords

BLADDER CANCER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; NEPHRECTOMY; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTICS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 83055180546     PISSN: 09630643     EISSN: 14736586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOU.0b013e32834d4d76     Document Type: Review

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