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Costs and Benefits. A Triad in Comparison: Open, Laparoscopic, and Robotic Surgery

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Minimally Invasive Surgery of the Liver

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Technologic innovation in health care is one of the most important causes of growth in health-care costs. In recent years, financial restrictions have led to careful evaluation of the cost-effectiveness of every new medical procedure

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  1. Department of Surgery, Division of General, Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery, ASL3 Umbria, San Matteo degli Infermi Hospital, Spoleto, Italy

    Graziano Ceccarelli, Alberto Patriti, Raffaele Bellochi, Alessandro Spaziani & Luciano Casciola

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  1. Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplant Center, A. Cardarelli Hospital, Naples, Italy

    Fulvio Calise

  2. Department of Surgery Division of General, Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery, ASL3 Umbria, San Matteo degli Infermi Hospital, Spoleto, Italy

    Luciano Casciola

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Ceccarelli, G., Patriti, A., Bellochi, R., Spaziani, A., Casciola, L. (2013). Costs and Benefits. A Triad in Comparison: Open, Laparoscopic, and Robotic Surgery. In: Calise, F., Casciola, L. (eds) Minimally Invasive Surgery of the Liver. Updates in Surgery. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2664-3_8

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