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Tuesday, September 14, 2021

Cost‐conscious robotic restorative proctectomy has similar economic and oncologic outcomes to open restorative proctectomy: Results of a long‐term follow‐up study.

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ABSTRACT

Background

In this study, we hypothesized that the direct hospital costs of robotic restorative proctectomy (RP) would be similar to those of open RP when a cost-conscious approach was employed in rectal cancer patients.

Methods

We included consecutive patients with rectal cancer who underwent RP between 12/2011 and 10/2014. A cost-conscious approach was employed in robotic surgery. We compared demographics, long-term oncologic outcomes, and direct hospital costs between the open and robotic groups.

Results

There were 32 robotic and 68 open RP procedures performed. Compared to open RP, the robotic RP group had a longer operative time but less estimated blood loss, intraoperative transfusions, overall short-term morbidity, decreased length of stay. After the initial five robotic cases, overall hospital costs were comparable between the groups (1±0.5 vs. 1±0.4, open and robotic RP, respectively, p=0.90).

Conclusion

Increasing surgeon experience and a cost-conscious approach may improve the value of care of robotic RP in patients with rectal cancer.

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