Abstract
Objectives To compare the direct costs of the index hospitalization and 30-day morbidity and mortality incurred during robotic and conventional coronary artery bypass grafting at a single institution based on hospital clinical and financial records. Design Retrospective study, propensity-matched groups with one-to-one nearest neighbor matching. Setting University hospital, a tertiary care center. Participants Two thousand eighty-eight consecutive patients who underwent primary coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) from January 2007 to March 2012. Interventions One hundred forty-one matched pairs were created and analyzed. Measurements and Main Results Robotic CABG was associated with a decrease in operative time (5.61±1.1 v 6.6±1.15 hours, p
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 12-18 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia |
Volume | 30 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 2016 |
Keywords
- CABG
- coronary stent
- healthcare costs
- minimally invasive surgery
- PCI
- robotic surgery
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine