Economic impact of robotic liver resection: systematic review of costs, resource utilization, and hospital stay
Mohammed Ibrahim, Mikolaj R Kowal, André L Mihaljevic, Perparim Limani, Peter Lodge, Philipp Kron · 2026
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Mohammed Ibrahim and colleagues weigh the money side of robotic liver surgery in a 2026 systematic review. Robots can shorten stays and cut blood loss, but hospitals want to know whether the gains offset the machines' price. Searching three databases in October 2025, the team gathered 32 non-randomized studies covering 16,592 patients and compared robotic resection with open and laparoscopic surgery on total cost, running costs, and hospital stay.
Against open surgery, 13 of 18 studies found robotic total costs equal or lower. Against laparoscopy the picture flipped: most studies charged the robot more, and pooled analysis put the gap at 5,250 purchasing-power-adjusted dollars per case. Only a quarter of the studies counted indirect costs or adjusted for case volume, and cost gaps shrank in high-volume centers. No study ran a formal cost-effectiveness analysis, so the authors ask for standardized cost reporting before declaring the robot worth its price.
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| CREATOR | Mohammed Ibrahim, Mikolaj R Kowal, André L Mihaljevic, Perparim Limani, Peter Lodge, Philipp Kron |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 43 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |