Table 3.
Hospital and operative costs of laparoscopic hepatic resection vs open liver resection
| Ref. (n) | Ward stay | HDU/PACU | Equipment | Theatre | Total costs |
| Polignano et al[24] (50) | |||||
| LLR (25) | 5535 ± 2576 | 1558 ± 1940 | 2302 ± 769 | 11539 ± 3789 | 20739 ± 5814 |
| OLR (25) | 8306 ± 5567 | 4178± 1878 | 1041 ± 668 | 11755 ± 2353 | 25285 ± 6750 |
| Tsinberg et al[25] (34) | |||||
| LLR (18) | - | - | - | 28900 ± 2118 | 36784 ± 3505 |
| OLR (16) | - | - | 28023 ± 2247 | 47358 ± 3717 | |
| Rowe et al[26] (30) | |||||
| LLR (18) | - | - | 1071 ± 345 | - | - |
| OLR (12) | - | - | 851 ± 424 | - | - |
| Vanounou et al[27] (73) 1 | |||||
| LLR (44) | - | - | - | - | 17290 |
| OLR (29) | - | - | - | - | 13962 |
| Nguyen et al[28] (76)2 | |||||
| LLR (34) | - | - | - | 1.30 | 1.87 |
| OLR (42) | - | - | - | 1.00 | 1.92 |
| Bhojani et al[29] (144)1 | |||||
| OLR (94) | 3647 | 652 | - | 3598 | 11376 |
| LLR (50) | 5215 | 641 | - | 3964 | 12523 |
| Stoot et al[30] (28) | |||||
| OLR (14) | 2014 ± 510 | - | 2113 ± 487 | 3038 ± 743 | 7167 ± 1335 |
| LLR (14) | 1957 ± 599 | - | 2360 ± 337 | 3583 ± 794 | 7901 ± 1107 |
| Abu Hilal et al[31] (149)1 | |||||
| LLR (LRH)(38) | 2385 | 4249 | 5579 | 10846 | 7139 |
| OLR (ORH)(46) | 5232 | 9022 | 2981 | 7210 | 18222 |
| OLR (OLLS)(19) | 1734 | 3452 | 3947 | 4852 | 20579 |
| LLR (LLLS)(46) | 4300 | 1918 | 2613 | 6557 | 14252 |
| Cannon et al[32] (98)1 | |||||
| OLR (41) | - | - | - | 34019 | 49993 |
| LLR (57) | - | - | - | 31400 | 54703 |
| Overall studies | 6062 | ||||
| LLR (310) 2 | 2972 | 1829 | 3545 | 14538 | 19269 |
| OLR (296) 2 | 5291 | 5857 | 2207 | 11406 | 23419 |
1
Values are median (range);
2
Nguyen study was excluded from the analysis because raw data were not obtained from the authors. Values are mean ± SD unless indicated otherwise. LRH: Laparoscopic right hepatectomy; ORH: Open right hepatectomy; LLLS: Laparoscopic left lateral sectionectomy; OLLS: Open left lateral sectionectomy; HDU: High dependency unit; PACU: Post anesthesia care unit; LLR: Laparoscopic hepatic resection; OLR: Open liver resection.