Health-care expenditures are less for minimally invasive than open colectomy for colon cancer: A US commercial claims database analysis.

MIS colectomy is associated with better value at lower expenditure than open colectomy for colon cancer at the index operation and up to one year after surgery. RS expenditure is less than LS in the first 30 postoperative days regardless of chemotherapy status and may extend to 1 year for AC- patients.