Long-term cost-minimization analysis comparing laparoscopic with open (Lichtenstein) inguinal hernia repair

… Multicentre Trial of Inguinal Hernia Repair … - Journal of British …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
… surgery has emerged as a new treatment modality for inguinal hernia repair. The aim of
the present study was to analyse its long-term costs in relation to those of open repair. …

The management of hernia: considerations in cost effectiveness

KW Millikan, DJ Deziel - Surgical Clinics of North America, 1996 - Elsevier
… , hernia recurrence needs to be minimized and, when it does occur, second or third recurrences
should also be minimized. … In summary, the most cost-effective approach to hernia repair

TIPP and Lichtenstein modalities for inguinal hernia repair: a cost minimisation analysis alongside a randomised trial

GG Koning, EMM Adang, PFM Stalmeier… - The European Journal of …, 2013 - Springer
… In summary, the results show that TIPP is a cost-saving inguinal hernia repair technique
compared to the Lichtenstein modality against equal effectiveness expressed in QALW at 1 year …

Robotic-assisted versus laparoscopic unilateral inguinal hernia repair: a comprehensive cost analysis

WF Abdelmoaty, CM Dunst, C Neighorn… - Surgical …, 2019 - Springer
… for procedural costs of inguinal hernia repairs between January 2015 and March 2017.
Elective robotic-assisted or laparoscopic unilateral inguinal hernia repairs were included. Cost

A material cost-minimization analysis for hernia repairs and minor procedures during a surgical mission in the Dominican Republic

JA Cavallo, J Ousley, CD Barrett, S Baalman, K Ward… - Surgical …, 2014 - Springer
cost-minimization resulting from NPO supply acquisition, and describe the item utilization
for hernia repairs … acquisition at NPO costs would lead to significant cost-savings compared …

Risk-assessment score and patient optimization as cost predictors for ventral hernia repair

S Saleh, MA Plymale, DL Davenport, JS Roth - Journal of the American …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Ventral hernia repair (VHR) is associated with complications that significantly
increase healthcare costs. This study explores the associations between hospital costs for …

Cost–benefit analysis comparing laparoscopic and open ventral hernia repair

RF Lobato, JCR de Adana Belbel, FA Morales… - Cirugía Española …, 2014 - Elsevier
… Laparoscopic ventral hernia repair is associated with a reduced complication rate, a lower
average length of stay and with lower total costs. Laparoscopic repair can save 1260€ for …

Cost-utility analysis of repair of reducible ventral hernia

AM Stey, M Danzig, S Qiu, S Yin, CM Divino - Surgery, 2014 - Elsevier
… Ventral hernia repair is a procedure where the effectiveness can … quality of life with respect
to costs of ventral hernia repair. … To minimize the effect of this bias, statistical techniques were …

Cost-effectiveness of alternative methods of surgical repair of inguinal hernia

L Vale, A Grant, K McCormack… - International journal of …, 2004 - cambridge.org
… patient data where possible, the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of alternative methods
of hernia repair. For this study, the relative costeffectiveness has been evaluated for the four …

Open suture versus mesh repair of primary incisional hernias: a cost–utility analysis

KR Finan, ML Kilgore, MT Hawn - Hernia, 2009 - Springer
… that either maximizes the expected benefits or minimizes the expected harms. The framework
most … OM hernia repair dominated the OS hernia repair as the more effective and least …