Budget impact analysis of HARMONIC FOCUS™+ Shears for mastectomy and breast-conserving surgery with axillary lymph node dissection compared with monopolar electrocautery from an Italian hospital perspective.
Alessandra PiemonteseThibaut GalvainLirazel SwindellsVito ParagoGiovanni TommaselliNadine JamousPublished in: PloS one (2022)
The intervention demonstrates robust cost savings compared with monopolar electrocautery for mastectomy or breast conserving surgery, with axillary lymph node dissection, in an Italian hospital setting, and improved clinical and resource outcomes. These findings, with other clinical and cost analyses, support HARMONIC FOCUS™+ use in this setting.
Keyphrases
- lymph node
- sentinel lymph node
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- minimally invasive
- coronary artery bypass
- rectal cancer
- healthcare
- randomized controlled trial
- early stage
- robot assisted
- radical prostatectomy
- prostate cancer
- locally advanced
- ultrasound guided
- surgical site infection
- adipose tissue
- emergency department
- skeletal muscle
- early breast cancer
- insulin resistance
- coronary artery disease