Costs of laparoscopic and open liver and pancreatic resection: A systematic review

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

¹Values are median (range);

²Nguyen 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.