Design : Financial analysis comparing robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP) and laparoscopic-assisted prostatectomy (LAP). Setting : Tertiary academic medical center. Interventions : Cost analysis using CPT coding for each procedure Main Outcome Measures: Revenue, total cost (sum of direct ...
Overcoming the challenges of robot-assisted radical prostatectomy. Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis. 2012;15(1):1-7. doi:10.1038/pcan.2011.37PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 39. Yu HY, Hevelone ND, Lipsitz SR, Kowalczyk KJ, Nguyen PL, Hu JC. Hospital volume, utilization, costs and outcomes of ...
Objective: To compare the perioperative morbidity of robotic-assisted simple prostatectomy (RASP), anatomical endoscopic enucleation of the prostate (AEEP) and open simple prostatectomy (OSP) for the treatment of benign prostatic obstruction (BPO). Methods: The national surgical quality improvement progra...