Critical Outcomes in Nonrobotic vs Robotic-Assisted Cardiac Surgery
Yanagawa F, Perez M, Bell T, Grim R, Martin J, Ahuja V. Critical Outcomes in Nonrobotic vs Robotic-Assisted Cardiac Surgery. JAMA Surgery 2015, 150: 771-777. PMID: 26083734, DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2015.1098.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLength of stayMedian LOSCardiac surgical proceduresNonrobotic surgeryRobotic-assisted surgeryCardiac surgerySurgical proceduresRobotic-assisted cardiac surgeryPropensity scoreLower LOSNationwide Inpatient SampleRobotic-assisted casesHigher median costCardiac operationsInpatient SampleCardiac patientsOpen techniqueMAIN OUTCOMECardiac casesMedian costHealthcare costsSurgeryLower mortalityComplicationsUtilization Project