Direct hospital costs of total laparoscopic hysterectomy compared with fast-track open hysterectomy at a tertiary hospital: A retrospective case-controlled study

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 584-587

  Rhou, Yoon J J ^a,b   Pather, Selvan ^a,b   Loadsman, John A ^a,b   Campbell, Neil ^a   Philp, Shannon ^a,c   Carter, Jonathan ^a,b  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

fast track; laparoscopic hysterectomy; open hysterectomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAST TRACK OPEN HYSTERECTOMY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; LEARNING CURVE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TOTAL LAPAROSCOPIC HYSTERECTOMY; VESSEL SEALING SYSTEM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DEVICES; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; LAPAROSCOPY; MOBILIZATION; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; DIRECT SERVICE COSTS; EARLY AMBULATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROSCOPY; LEARNING CURVE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84955169386     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajo.12093     Document Type: Article

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