Table 4.
Hospital and operative costs of laparoscopic pancreatic resection vs open pancreatic resection
| Ref. (n) | Ward stay | HDU/PACU | Equipment | Theatre | Total costs |
| Kim et al[33] (128) | |||||
| LPR (93) | - | - | - | - | 4745 ± 1481 |
| OPR (35) | - | - | - | - | 4953 ± 3437 |
| Eom et al[34] (31) | |||||
| LPR (18) | - | - | - | - | 4884 ± 1845 |
| OPR (13) | - | - | - | 3401 ± 1247 | |
| Waters et al[35] (60) 1 | |||||
| LPR (32) | 9828 | - | - | 3072 | 12900 |
| OPR (28) | 12011 | - | - | 3510 | 15521 |
| Fox et al[36] (118) 1 | |||||
| LPR (42) | 3404 | - | - | 4655 | 10842 |
| OPR (76) | 5462 | - | - | 4510 | 13656 |
| Abu Hilal et al[37] (51) 1 | |||||
| LPR (35) | 7446 | - | - | 9889 | 17337 |
| OPR (16) | 25441 | - | - | 9498 | 34937 |
| Limongelli et al[38] (45) | |||||
| LPR (16) | 7894 ± 1771 | - | 2496 ± 127 | 3469 ± 126 | 11531 ± 1918 |
| OPR (29) | 10540 ± 3230 | - | 1630 ± 329 | 2388 ± 361 | 13141 ± 3631 |
| Overall (495) | |||||
| LPR (249) | 6755 | - | 2496 | 5563 | 8825 |
| OPR (246) | 9826 | - | 1630 | 4444 | 13380 |
1
Values are median (range). Values are mean ± SD unless indicated otherwise. HDU: High dependency unit; PACU: Post anesthesia care unit; LPR: Laparoscopic pancreatic resection; OPR: Open pancreatic resection.