CAVA Robotics News

Robotic hysterectomy compared with laparoscopic hysterectomy: is it still more costly to perform?

help@promarketing.team (Ann K.) — Mon, 19 Jul 2021 15:15:04 GMT

To establish the economic value of simple robotic hysterectomy vs laparoscopic hysterectomy and assess the impact of surgeon’s experience. Retrospective cohort study. University-affliated US regional healthcare system. Reproductive and post-menopausal women undergoing hysterectomy for benign indications. Robotic or laparoscopic hysterectomy. Between January 2018 and December 2019, a total of 985 simple laparoscopic and robotic hysterectomies were performed by 47 different gynecologists. Overall, the mean payment, direct cost, and profit were comparable (p value>0.05) among simple robotic and laparoscopic hysterectomy.

However, the mean operative time was significantly shorter for robotic hysterectomy compared to laparoscopic hysterectomy (106 min vs 127 min, respectively, p<0.05). Operative time decreased as a surgeon’s annual robotic case volume increased. Per-minute profitability of robotic hysterectomy increased significantly when a sur geon performed greater than 45 cases annually (p=0.04). This effect became most pronounced when a surgeon performed 60 or more cases per year (p=0.01).

Simple robotic hysterectomy has shorter operative time compared to laparoscopic hysterectomy, with direct costs being similar. Robotic hysterectomy has higher per-minute profit compared to laparoscopic hysterectomy when a surgeon performs>45 cases per year....

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CAVA Robotics Continuing Medical Education

help@promarketing.team (Ann K.) — Mon, 17 May 2021 18:50:30 GMT

Beginning in Q3-4 2021, CAVA Robotics’ online and live Learning Management System modules for surgeons and OR crew will offer Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits to MDs and RNs in the US and Europe accredited through a leading US Medical School and EU-based accreditors. Please ask CAVA for more information.

Latest CAVA Robotics Peer Review Publications

help@promarketing.team (Ann K.) — Fri, 14 May 2021 18:50:32 GMT

> Published April 2021 in The International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery :

Senhance surgical system in benign hysterectomy: A real‐world comparative assessment of case times and instrument costs versus da Vinci robotics and laparoscopic‐assisted vaginal hysterectomy procedures

Herbert Coussons, Josh Feldstein, Steve McCarus

> Published Feb 2020 in The International Journal of Medical robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery :

Achieving robotic program best practice performance and cost versus laparoscopy: Two case studies define a framework for optimization

Josh Feldstein and Herbert Coussons

New CAVA Robotics Text Book Chapter

help@promarketing.team (Ann K.) — Mon, 10 May 2021 18:59:15 GMT

CAVA CEO Josh Feldstein and Medical Director Herb Coussons, MD, have co-authored a chapter on robotic program Best Practices, featured in the new medical textbook for robotic surgery residents worldwide entitled, Robotic Surgery , second edition, a complete multispeciality robotic surgery sourcebook, (Ed: Spinoglio, Giuseppe, et al; Springer 2021).

About this book

The first edition of Robotic Surgery was written only a decade after the introduction of robotic technology. It was the first comprehensive robotic surgery reference and represented the early pioneering look ahead to the future of surgery. Building upon its success, this successor edition serves as a complete multi-specialty sourcebook for robotic surgery. It seeks to explore an in-depth look into surgical robotics and remote technologies leading to the goal of achieving the benefits of traditional surgery with the least disruption to the normal functions of the human body. Written by experts in the field, chapters cover the fundamental principles of robotic surgery and provide clear instruction on their clinical application and long term results. Most notably, one chapter on “The Blueprint for the Establishment of a Successful Robotic Surgery Program: Lessons from Admiral Hymen R. Rickover and the Nuclear Navy” outlines the many valuable lessons from the transformative change which was brought about by the introduction of nuclear technology into the conventional navy with Safety as the singular goal of the change process. Robotics represents a monumental triumph of surgical technology. Undoubtedly, the safety of the patient will be the ultimate determinant of its success.

The second edition of Robotic Surgery aims to erase the artificial boundaries of specialization based on regional anatomy and serves as a comprehensive multispecialty reference for all robot surgeons. It allows them to contemplate crossing boundaries which are historically defined by traditional open surgery.