Economic evaluation of different routes of surgery for the management of endometrial cancer: a retrospective cohort study
Open Access
- 13 May 2021
- Vol. 11 (5), e045888
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-045888
Abstract
Objectives The benefits of minimally invasive surgery (MIS) for endometrial carcinoma (EC) are well established although the financial impact of robotic-assisted hysterectomy (RH) compared with laparoscopic hysterectomy (LH) is disputed. Design Retrospective cohort study. Setting English National Health Service hospitals 2011–2017/2018. Participants 35 304 women having a hysterectomy for EC identified from Hospital Episode Statistics. Primary and secondary outcome measures The primary outcome was the association between route of surgery on cost at intervention, 30, 90 and 365 days for women undergoing an open hysterectomy (OH) or MIS (LH/RH) for EC in England. The average marginal effect was calculated to compare RH versus OH and RH versus LH which adjusted for any differences in the characteristics of the surgical approaches. Secondary outcomes were to analyse costing data for each surgical approach by age, Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) and hospital MIS rate classification. Results A total of 35 304 procedures were performed, 20 405 (57.8%) were MIS (LH: 18 604 and RH: 1801), 14 291 (40.5%) OH. Mean cost for LH was significantly less than RH, whereas RH was significantly less than OH at intervention, 30, 90 and 365 days (pConclusions Further research is needed to investigate costs in matched patient cohorts to determine the optimum surgical modality in different populations.Funding Information
- Intuitive Surgical
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