Effect of a disposable automated suturing device on cost and operating room time in benign total laparoscopic hysterectomy procedures.

Stuart Hart¹, Lobat Hashemi², Craig J Sobolewski³

¹Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, USF Health Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA; Speaker and consultant for Covidien, Stryker, and Boston Scientific. shart1@health.usf.edu.

²Healthcare Economics and Outcomes Research, Covidien, Mansfield, MA, USA; Employee of Covidien.

³Division of Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA; Speaker and consultant for Covidien, consultant and stock for Transenterix, and advisory board for CareFusion.

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Abstract

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: To determine the effect of a disposable automated laparoscopic suturing device, the Endo Stitch (ES) (Covidien, Mansfield, MA, USA), on hospital cost and surgical time in patients undergoing a benign total laparoscopic hysterectomy procedure compared with the use of the da Vinci surgical system (Intuitive Surgical, Sunnyvale, CA, USA) or traditional laparoscopic suturing…

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