Are Costs of Robot-Assisted Surgery Warranted for Gynecological Procedures?

• Main Authors: Peter van Dam (Author), Jan Hauspy (Author), Luc Verkinderen (Author), Xuan Bich Trinh (Author), Pieter-Jan van Dam (Author), Luc Van Looy (Author), Luc Dirix (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The exponential use of robotic surgery is not the result of evidence-based benefits but mainly driven by the manufacturers, patients and enthusiastic surgeons. The present review of the literature shows that robot-assisted surgery is consistently more expensive than video-laparoscopy and in many cas...