Perioperative outcomes and adverse events of robotic colorectal resections for inflammatory bowel disease: a systematic literature review.

Tech Coloproctol · 2018 · PMC5862938 · PMID 29546470

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Direct costs observed for robotic IBD cases, excluding cost of acquisition, depreciation, amortisation and maintenance of the robotic platform, showed a decreasing trend over a period of 27 months ($19,278 ± 13,404 vs. $13,413 ± 2504; p = 0.06).

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[ 17 ] showed a trend towards a decrease in total procedure time for robotic procedures over the course of their studies, although it was not clear at what stage of the procedure the time was shortened and the improvement was not statistically significant.

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