Are Costs of Robot-Assisted Surgery Warranted for Gynecological Procedures?

Table 1

Cost analysis of gynecologic surgical procedures performed by robot-assisted laparoscopy (RAL), classic video-laparoscopy (CVL), and open surgery (OS). Total hospital costs are given unless specified differently.

Author [reference]	Procedure	RAL	CVL	OS
United States
Pasic et al. [23]	Hysterectomy
	Inpatient	9640$	6973$
	Outpatient	7920$	5949$
Barnett et al. [24]	Hysterectomy
	Social perspective	11476$	10128$	12487$
	Hospital perspective	8770$	6581$	7009$
Advincula et al. [28]	Myomectomy	30064$		13400$
Rodgers et al. [25]	Tubal anastomosis
	Hospital costs	+1446$
Dharia Patel et al. [26]	Tubal anastomosis
	Cost per delivery	92488$		92205$
Bell et al. [29]	Endometrial cancer staging
	(hyst+BSO+LN)	8212$	7569$	12943$
Europe
Sarlos et al. [22]	Hysterectomy	4067€	2151€
Heemskerk et al. [27]	Rectopexy	4910$	4165$
van Dam et al. [41]	Endometrial cancer staging
	(hyst+BSO+LN)	6707€	4480€	4919€

hyst+BSO+LN: hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy and pelvic lymphadenectomy.