Related Experiment Video
Updated: May 26, 2026
Single Incision Plus One Port Laparoscopic Proximal Gastrectomy with Double Channel Anastomosis for Gastric Cancer Treatment
Published on: December 27, 2024
[Assessment of the cost of laparoscopy-assisted gastrectomy]
Toru Aoyama1, Takaki Yoshikawa, Tsutomu Hayashi
1Dept. of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Kanagawa Cancer Center.
Background:
The cost of laparoscopic gastrectomy (LG) has not been fully clarified yet.
Patients And Methods:
The actual cost for the instruments used for surgery was examined between LG and conventional open gastrectomy( OG) by separating distant (l D-) and total (l T-) gastrectomy in a total of 20 patients(5 for each)during Oct 2010 and Feb 2011. The profit was defined as the difference of the actual cost and the operation fee including the instruments determined by the insurance and compared.
Results:
The fee for D-OG, T-OG, D-LG, and T-LG were 708, 700 yen, 856 , 400 yen, 783 , 600 yen and 922 , 300 yen, respectively. The mean profits of D-OG, T-OG, D-LG, and T-LG were 408 , 297 yen, 475 , 812 yen, 308, 681 yen and 269 , 478 yen, respectively.
Conclusion:
Appropriate surgical and instrumental fees should be determined considering the actual cost.
