title: Reducing the cost of robotic partial nephrectomy through innovative instrument use.
authors.affiliation: The James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute and Department of Urology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Wesley W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Ludwig
authors.affiliation: The James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute and Department of Urology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Michael A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Gorin
authors.affiliation: The James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute and Department of Urology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. Electronic address: mallaf@jhmi.edu.
authors.forename: Mohamed E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Allaf
mesh_terms: D017046:Cost Savings; D004867:Equipment Design; D017743:Equipment Reuse / Q000191:economics; D005102:Health Expenditures; D017721:Hospital Costs; D006801:Humans; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000191:economics* / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D065287:Robotic Surgical Procedures / Q000191:economics* / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D013525:Surgical Instruments / Q000191:economics*; D016896:Treatment Outcome