NCT06113796

Economic Analysis of Robotic Rectal Resection in German Health Care System

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 65 (actual)
• Sponsor: Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Analysis of cost effectiveness of robotic rectal resection, either sphincter preserving or abdominoperineal extirpation, in the German diagnosis related groups (DRG) system.

Detailed description

Robotic surgery has many well-known benefits for patients and surgeons, while it comes with higher acquisition and maintenance costs. On the other hand, a higher proportion of minimally invasive procedures can save costs by reducing complications, decreasing hospital stays due to lower morbidity, and saving personnel. To what extent can robotic surgery be cost-covering or even profitable, depending on the postoperative course? This question is investigated under the conditions of the German DRG system.

Conditions

• Rectal Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Surgery	Robotic rectal resection, either sphincter preserving or extirpation

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-01-01
• Primary completion: 2019-12-31
• Completion: 2021-12-31
• First posted: 2023-11-02
• Last updated: 2023-11-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany

Regulatory

• FDA-regulated device study