Structured cost analysis of robotic TME resection for rectal cancer: a comparison between the da Vinci Si and Xi in a single surgeon's experience.
Luca MorelliGregorio Di FrancoValentina LorenzoniSimone GuadagniMatteo PalmeriNiccolò FurbettaDesirée GianardiMatteo BianchiniGiovanni CapriliFranco MoscaGiuseppe TurchettiAlfred CuschieriPublished in: Surgical endoscopy (2018)
Our experience confirms a significant reduction of costs with increasing surgeon's experience with both platforms. However, the economic gain was higher with the Xi with shorter OT, reduced PC and CC, in addition to a significantly larger number of cases performed by the fully robotic approach.