Value of robotically assisted surgery for mitral valve disease.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The value of robotically assisted surgery for mitral valve disease is questioned because the high cost of care associated with robotic technology may outweigh its clinical benefits.

Objective

To investigate conditions under which benefits of robotically assisted surgery mitigate high technology costs.

Design, setting, and participants

Clinical cohort study at a large multispecialty academic medical center comparing costs of robotically assisted surgery with 3 contemporaneous conventional surgical approaches for degenerative mitral valve disease. From January 1, 2006, through December 31, 2010, a total of 1290 patients with a mean (SD) age of 57 (11) years underwent mitral valve repair for regurgitation from posterior leaflet prolapse. Robotically assisted s

SUBMITTER: Mihaljevic T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4262248 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature