Trends in robotic surgery utilization across tertiary children's hospitals in the United States.

Journal: Surgical endoscopy
Published Date: Nov 1, 2021

Abstract

BACKGROUND: A growing number of tertiary children's hospitals are utilizing robotic surgical technology. We sought to characterize national trends in pediatric surgical robotic case utilization and related drivers.

Authors

  • Holden W Richards
    Oregon Health and Science University School of Medicine, Portland, USA.
  • Afif N Kulaylat
    Division of Pediatric Surgery, Penn State Children's Hospital, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA, 17033, USA. akulaylat@pennstatehealth.psu.edu.
  • Jennifer N Cooper
    Center for Surgical Outcomes Research and Center for Innovation in Pediatric Practice, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio. Electronic address: jennifer.cooper@nationwidechildrens.org.
  • Daryl J McLeod
    Department of Urology, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, USA.
  • Karen A Diefenbach
    Department of Pediatric Surgery, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, USA.
  • Marc P Michalsky
    Department of Pediatric Surgery, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, USA.

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