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Minimally Invasive Surgery
Appendectomy is one of the most frequent emergency operation in developed countries with about 100,000 operations in Germany every year. About 93 % of appendectomies are performed laparoscopically. [1]
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Cost calculation for direct costs in the OR
average costs with Stapler
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per appendectomy surgery
average costs with DS Appendectomy-Clip
0€
per appendectomy surgery
average savings
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by performing 350 appendectomies per year
All calculations are based on the DRG report browser [5]
[1] Stöß C, Nitsche U, Neumann PA, Kehl V, Wilhelm D, Busse R, Friess H, Nimptsch U, Acute. Appendicitis: Trends in Surgical Treatment. A Population-Based Study of Over 800 000 Patients. Dtsch Arztebl Int 2021. 118: 244-9. DOI: 10.3238/arztebl.m2021.0118.
[2] Jaschinski T, Mosch CG, Eikermann M, Neugebauer EA, Sauerland S. Laparoscopic versus open surgery for suspected appendicitis. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2018 Nov 28;11(11):CD001546.
[3] Rickert A, Bonninghoff R, Post S, Walz M, Runkel N, Kienle P. Appendix stump closure with titanium clips in laparoscopic appendectomy. Langenbecks Arch Surg 2012; 397(2):327–31.
[4] Rickert A, Krüger C, Runkel N, Kuthe A, Köninger J, Jansen-Winkeln B et al. The TICAP-Study (titanium clips for appendicular stump closure): A prospective multicentre observational study on appendicular stump closure with an innovative titanium clip. BMC Surgery. 2015;15(85).
[5] InEK. G-DRG-Report-Browser 2018, InEK GmbH (Internet). G-drg.de. 2018 (cited 02 March 2018), G-DRG-Browser 2018_2019, InEK GmbH accessed 22.01.2024.
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