Research Article
Reducing the Cost of Laparoscopy: Reusable versus Disposable Laparoscopic Instruments
Table 1
Laparoscopic operations between January 2012 and December 2013.
| Operation | |
| Cholecystectomy | 454 | Appendicectomy | 42 | Hernia repair | 10 | Nissen fundoplication | 16 | Colectomy | 33 | Adjustable gastric band | 16 | Vertical sleeve gastrectomy | 20 | Gastric plication | 2 | Heller’s myotomy | 1 | Ventral rectopexy | 1 | Hepatic cyst unroofing | 2 | Exploratory/staging/biopsy | 26 |
| Total | 623 |
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