Cost-effectiveness of laparoscopic versus open distal pancreatectomy for pancreatic cancer

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 12; no. 12; p. e0189631
• Main Authors: Gurusamy, Kurinchi Selvan, Riviere, Deniece, van Laarhoven, C. J. H., Besselink, Marc, Abu-hilal, Mohammed, Davidson, Brian R., Morris, Steve
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 22.12.2017; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Abdomen; Biology and Life Sciences; Cancer; Care and treatment; Comparative analysis; Confidence intervals; Construction costs; Cost analysis; Cost-Benefit Analysis; Diagnosis; Economic aspects; Engineering and Technology; Hospitals; Humans; Laparoscopy; Length of Stay; Medical research; Medicine and Health Sciences; Metastasis; Methods; Mortality; Pancreas; Pancreatectomy; Pancreatectomy - economics; Pancreatectomy - methods; Pancreatic cancer; Pancreatic Neoplasms - surgery; Patient outcomes; Quality of life; Quality-Adjusted Life Years; Research and Analysis Methods; Sensitivity analysis; Social Sciences; Statistical analysis; Studies; Surgery; Surgical outcomes; Treatment Outcome; Uncertainty; United Kingdom; United Kingdom

A recent Cochrane review compared laparoscopic versus open distal pancreatectomy for people with for cancers of the body and tail of the pancreas and found that laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy may reduce the length of hospital stay. We compared the cost-effectiveness of laparoscopic distal pancre...