Minimally Invasive Surgery Reduces Hospital Charges in Hepatopancreatic Resection: Challenging the Perception of High Robotic Costs
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- Despite a higher perceived cost of equipment, robotic and laparoscopic hepatopancreatic (HPB) surgeries are associated with significantly lower total hospital charges than open surgery.
- Robotic surgery utilization for HPB procedures more than doubled between 2016 and 2020, though open surgery remains the dominant approach at 87.7%.
- Complications and late discharges are the primary drivers of increased hospital charges, adding over $80,000 to the median cost per case.
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