The use of da Vinci Xi and the increased surgeon's experience could change the perspective over the cost-benefit ratio of robot-assisted surgery

Updates Surg. 2019 Jun;71(2):399-400. doi: 10.1007/s13304-018-00617-w. Epub 2018 Dec 26.

Authors

Desirée Gianardi¹, Matteo Palmeri², Luca Morelli^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ General Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, Translational and New Technologies in Medicine, University of Pisa, Via Paradisa 2, 56124, Pisa, Italy. gianardi.d@gmail.com.
² General Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, Translational and New Technologies in Medicine, University of Pisa, Via Paradisa 2, 56124, Pisa, Italy.
³ EndoCAS (Center for Computer Assisted Surgery), University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.

PMID: 30588566
DOI: 10.1007/s13304-018-00617-w

No abstract available

Keywords: Da Vinci Xi; Robot-assisted surgery; Robotics costs.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Costs and Cost Analysis
Humans
Inpatients
Laparoscopy*
Robotics*
Surgeons*