Minimally invasive oesophagectomy more expensive than open despite shorter length of stay

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 904-909

  Dhamija, Anish ^a   Dhamija, Ankit ^a   Hancock, Jacquelyn ^b   Mccloskey, Barbara ^b   Kim, Anthony W ^a   Detterbeck, Frank C ^a   Boffa, Daniel J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost analysis; Oesophageal cancer; Oesophageal surgery; Operations

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL RUNNING COST; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OPEN TRANSTHORACIC SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ECONOMICS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84893276842     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezt482     Document Type: Article

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