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Comparative Study
. 2013 Oct;98(4):343-52.
doi: 10.1016/j.aorn.2013.08.012.

Modifiable factors to decrease the cost of robotic-assisted procedures

Mohammed Nayeemuddin, Susan C Daley, Pamela Ellsworth
Comparative Study

Modifiable factors to decrease the cost of robotic-assisted procedures

Mohammed Nayeemuddin et al. AORN J. 2013 Oct.

Abstract

In 2000, the US Food and Drug Administration approved the da Vinci Surgical System® for use in the United States. Since that time, the number of surgical robotic systems throughout the United States has continued to grow. The costs for using the system include the initial purchase ($1 million to $2.3 million) plus annual maintenance fees ($100,000 to $150,000) and the cost of limited-use or disposable instruments. Increasing the number of procedures that are performed using the robotic system can decrease the per-procedure costs. Two modifiable factors that contribute to increasing the annual caseload are increasing the number of surgeons capable of using the system and having a properly educated perioperative nursing team. An educated surgical team decreases turnover time, facilitates proper flow of each surgical procedure, and is able to actively and passively solve intraoperative problems.

Keywords: cost; da Vinci; robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy; surgical robot.

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