Single-institution Cost Comparison: Single-port Versus Multiport Robotic Prostatectomy.

Journal: European urology focus
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: In the era of efficient value-based health care, each surgical innovation should be proven to be cost-effective for the patient and the hospital administration.

Authors

  • Louis Lenfant
    Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA; Sorbonne University, GRC n°5, PREDICTIVE ONCO-UROLOGY, AP-HP, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Urology, F-75013 PARIS, France.
  • Guilherme Sawczyn
    Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.
  • Soodong Kim
    Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.
  • Alireza Aminsharifi
    1 Department of Urology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences , Shiraz, Iran .
  • Jihad Kaouk
    Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH. Electronic address: kaoukj@ccf.org.