Economic impact of laparoscopic versus open abdominal rectopexy

Abstract

Laparoscopic rectopexy is associated with superior clinical outcomes and is cheaper than the open approach.

Short- and long-term costs of laparoscopic colectomy are significantly less than open colectomy

“…Previous studies comparing the costs of laparoscopic and open colectomy demonstrate conflicting results [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]. While the majority of these are small, retrospective cohort series, several prospective, randomized controlled trials have been performed.…”

Long-term outcome after laparoscopic and open surgery for rectal prolapse

“…Although operative time and cost may be increased by laparoscopic repair (LR) of rectal prolapse, the overall costs are reduced [24]. There is limited information on longterm functional results and recurrence rates.…”

Laparoscopic ventral rectopexy in an elderly population with external rectal prolapse: clinical and anal manometric results

“…It shows that, with a well-trained surgeon, the laparoscopic approach is not necessarily requiring more time than open procedures [15,17]. Thus, the prolonged operative time is no longer an applicable argument against the laparoscopic approach, and it is reported that the laparoscopic approach has an overall lower cost compared with open procedures [15,18,19].…”