Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jul 10, 2026

Vessel-sparing Excision and Primary Anastomosis
Published on: January 7, 2019
Cost-effectiveness analysis: application to endourology
1Division of Surgery (Urology), University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver 80262, USA.
Abstract:
A literature review was conducted on the application of economic analysis to clinical medicine, particularly urology. The surgical management of urolithiasis and the treatment of ureteropelvic junction obstruction were used as specific disease examples to evaluate how cost-effectiveness analysis has been used to address the clinical concerns of practicing urologists. As the costs and outcomes of the treatment of kidney stone disease and ureteropelvic junction obstruction can be specifically defined, the application of cost-effectiveness analysis in these two areas meets most standards of economic analysis. Economic models that incorporate poor assumptions, incomplete data, or both are unlikely to have significant clinical utility. The most useful models are those that are structurally simple and evaluate healthcare program alternatives from the patient's, provider's, or society's perspective.
More Related Videos
04:02Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy with Indocyanine Green Fluorescence: Choledochoscopic Stone Extraction and Primary Duct Suture
Published on: November 25, 2025
04:45Integration of Electroporation in Urological Practice: Design and Evaluation of a New Transurethral Electrode
Published on: March 20, 2026
Related Concept Videos
Urinary Tract Calculi III: Medical Management
Urinary Tract Calculi VI: Surgical Management
Imaging Studies V: Intravenous Urography and Retrograde Pyelography
Urodynamic Studies: Uroflowmetry
Urologic Endoscopic Procedure: Cystoscopic Examination