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. 2019 Jul 11;4(1):159–169. doi: 10.1007/s41669-019-0163-y

Table 4.

Overall cost categories ($US per procedure) for both interventions (VivaSight-DL vs. cDLT)

Cost category VivaSight-DL cDLT
Capital costs

VivaSight-DL: 299.00

Ambu® aView™: 0.94

Reusable bronchoscope: 27.01

Disposable tube: 35.41

Repair cost None 77.13
Maintenance None 86.04
Backup anesthesiologist 0.02a 0.80b
Cleaning supplies and equipment None 72.79
Cleaning personnel None 8.82
Operating room running cost None 39.60
Total cost 299.96 347.61

cDLT conventional double-lumen tube, DL double-lumen tube

aThe backup anesthesiologist spent 18 s on repositioning in the intervention group

bThe backup anesthesiologist spent 520 s on repositioning in the control group