title: Laparoscopic urologic surgery. The financial realities.
abstract: Since 1990, laparoscopic surgery has gained an important role in the specialty of urology. This article provides a financial analysis of the three most common urolaparoscopic procedures compared with their open surgical counterpart. The intraoperative costs of laparoscopic surgery are more expensive, but the postoperative expenses are less compared with open surgery. The financial ramifications of a shorter period of convalescence following laparoscopic surgery must be considered.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, USA.
authors.forename: H N
authors.initials: HN
authors.lastname: Winfield
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Donovan
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Troxel
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Rashid
mesh_terms: D017281:Cost of Illness; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D006801:Humans; D007430:Intraoperative Care / Q000191:economics; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000191:economics*; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000191:economics; D014571:Urologic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*