In a study of national data on colon
surgery, Johns Hopkins researchers found that while patients who
undergo either minimally invasive laparoscopic
surgery or the high - tech
robotic approach have similar outcomes,
robotic surgery is significantly more expensive.
Effect of
robotic - assisted vs conventional laparoscopic
surgery on risk of conversion to open laparotomy among patients
undergoing resection for rectal cancer: the ROLARR randomized clinical trial.