Comparisons of in-hospital fee and surgical outcomes between robot-assisted, laparoscopic, and open radical cystectomy: a Japanese nationwide study.

Minato YokoyamaWei ChenYuma WasedaMotohiro FujiwaraDaisuke KatoTakeshi ShirakawaYohei ShimizuTsunehiro NenohiYuki MatsumotoTaisuke OkumuraMasayasu UrushibaraMasumi AiKiyohide FushimiTakashi FukagaiMasatoshi EtoYasuhisa FujiiKazuhiro Ishizaka

Published in: Japanese journal of clinical oncology (2024)

RARC and LRC were considered to be more cost-effective surgeries than ORC due to their superior surgical outcomes and comparable surgical fees in Japan. The widespread adoption of RARC and LRC is expected to bring economic benefits to Japanese society.

Keyphrases

robot assisted
minimally invasive
healthcare
electronic health record
adverse drug
emergency department
acute care
drug induced
laparoscopic surgery