Cost-analysis of total knee arthroplasty with robot-assisted surgery versus conventional approach
Bogdan Sorin Capitanu, Serban Dragosloveanu, Eduard Gabriel Botnariu, Mihnea-Valentin Ionescu, Elena Druica, Dana-Georgiana Nedelea, Cristian Scheau · 2026
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Description
Bogdan Sorin Capitanu and colleagues compare hospital costs of robot-assisted versus manual knee replacement in Romania, in a 2026 retrospective study of 400 operations. One hundred cases used robotic assistance and three hundred used the conventional approach. Operating time, hospital stay, early complications, and cost categories were analyzed, with modeling to find cost drivers.
Robotic cases took about twenty-three minutes longer in theater and kept patients roughly a day longer. Ward medicines, supplies, robotic use itself, and longer operating time drove higher costs. Early complications were few and similar in both groups. The authors suggest tightening steps around surgery could trim the robotic premium, and they ask for larger multi-hospital studies.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Bogdan Sorin Capitanu, Serban Dragosloveanu, Eduard Gabriel Botnariu, Mihnea-Valentin Ionescu, Elena Druica, Dana-Georgiana Nedelea, Cristian Scheau |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 32 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |