Medico-economic impact of onco-urological robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery in a high-volume centre.

Journal: The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: We lack data regarding the economic cost of robot-assisted surgical procedures in urology. We aimed to assess the medico-economic impact of onco-urological robot-assisted surgery.

Authors

  • Elisabeth Grobet-Jeandin
    Sorbonne University, GRC 5 Predictive Onco-Urology, APHP, Urology, Hôpital Pitié Salpêtrière, Paris, France.
  • Ugo Pinar
    "Service d'urologie de l'hôpital La Pitié-Salpêtrière, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Sorbonne Université, Paris, France".
  • Jérôme Parra
    Department of Urology, Médecine Sorbonne Université, Pitié-Salpêtrière Academic Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France.
  • Christophe Vaessen
    Department of Urology, La Pitié-Salpétrière Hospital, Paris, France.
  • Emmanuel Chartier-Kastler
    Department of Urology, Pitié-Salpetrière Academic Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Pierre and Marie Curie Medical School, Paris 6 University, Paris, France.
  • Thomas Seisen
    Division of Urological Surgery and Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02120, USA.
  • Morgan Rouprêt
    Centre de Recherche sur les Pathologies Prostatiques, Paris, France; GRC No. 5 Predictive Onco-Urology, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, AP-HP, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France.