Economic analysis of open versus laparoscopic versus robotic hepatectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Ioannis A Ziogas Alexandros P Evangeliou Konstantinos S Mylonas Dimitrios I AthanasiadisPanagiotis CherouveimDavid A Geller Richard D Schulick Sophoclis P Alexopoulos Georgios Tsoulfas

Published in: The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care (2021)

LLR's higher operative costs are offset by lower hospitalization costs compared to OLR leading to no statistically significant difference in total costs, while RLR appears to be a more expensive alternative approach.

Keyphrases

minimally invasive
robot assisted