State-Level Examination of Clinical Outcomes and Costs for Robotic and Laparoscopic Approach to Diaphragmatic Hernia Repair.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Published studies evaluating the effect of robotic assistance on clinical outcomes and costs of care in diaphragmatic hernia repair (DHR) have been limited.

Study design

The Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project State Inpatient and State Ambulatory Surgery and Services Databases for Florida were queried to identify patients undergoing transabdominal DHR between 2011 and 2018 and associated inpatient and outpatient encounters within 12 months after the index operation. Patients undergoing robotic DHR were 1:1:1 propensity score-matched for age, sex, race, Elixhauser comorbidity score, case priority, payer, and facility volume with patients undergoing open and laparoscopic DHR.

Results

There were 5,962 patients (67.3%) who underwent laparoscopic DHR, 1,520

SUBMITTER: Kulshrestha S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8238911 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature