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Cost Analysis for Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery: A Single-Centre Canadian Study
Toshiro W S Sembo1, Ali Fatehi Hassanabad1, Kailey Stevens1
1Section of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Cardiac Sciences, Libin Cardiovascular Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
CJC Open
|July 23, 2025
Summary
Minimally invasive mitral valve repair (MIMVS) with a rapid recovery protocol significantly reduces healthcare costs compared to traditional sternotomy. This approach lowers cardiovascular intensive care unit length of stay, offering substantial economic benefits in publicly funded systems.
Area of Science:
- Cardiovascular Surgery
- Health Economics
- Healthcare Management
Background:
- Publicly funded healthcare systems must optimize resource allocation and manage costs effectively.
- Mitral valve repair (MVR) stakeholders need to evaluate economic impacts.
- This study quantifies postoperative costs of MVR at Foothills Medical Centre.
Purpose of the Study:
- To determine the postoperative costs associated with mitral valve repair (MVR).
- To compare costs between minimally invasive mitral valve surgery (MIMVS) with and without a rapid recovery (RR) protocol, and traditional median sternotomy.
Main Methods:
- Retrospective review of MVR patients from January 2020 to November 2023.
- Analysis of postoperative costs for three groups: MIMVS with RR (MIMVS-RR), MIMVS without RR, and median sternotomy.
- Identification of cost drivers, particularly length of stay in the cardiovascular intensive care unit (CVICU).
Main Results:
- CVICU care is 2.83 times more expensive than standard cardiac surgery ward care.
- Length of stay in CVICU and overall length of stay were longer for sternotomy patients compared to MIMVS patients.
- Postoperative costs for sternotomy were 1.42 times higher than for MIMVS-RR, representing a potential savings of $3.657 million CAD for 200 MIMVS-RR patients.
Conclusions:
- Minimally invasive mitral valve repair (MIMVS) offers significant cost savings over sternotomy.
- Reduced CVICU length of stay is the primary driver of cost-effectiveness for MIMVS.
- Further research is needed to fully ascertain the economic advantages of MIMVS-RR.
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