Table 4. Summary of mean direct costs per patient in euro from the data shows in Table 1.

Variables	Robot	VATS	Open
Personnel	562	699	627
Medications, instruments and accessories	545	669	615
Robot consumables	2,062	0	0
Diagnostics	829	894	964
Operating room costs	1,349	1,443	1,094
Hospital stay	920	1,427	1,944
Depreciation	532	0	0
Total	6,799	5,132	5,244

VATS, video-assisted thoracic surgery.