Hospital cost of robotic or conventional open-chest mitral valve repair surgery is similar
Wednesday, October 2, 2013 - 11:31
in Health & Medicine
The total hospital cost of mitral valve repair surgery -- from the time a patient is admitted to the hospital until release -- is similar, whether performed through small port incisions using robotic equipment or via the conventional open-chest method, a study of 370 patients found. Importantly, robotic surgeries were just as safe as conventional open procedures, but patients who underwent robotic mitral valve repair recovered more rapidly and returned home earlier than patients who had open-chest surgery, the study found.