Time is Money: Hospital Costs Associated With Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery Lobectomies Onkar V. Khullar, MD, Felix G. Fernandez, MD, Sebastian Perez, MPH, William Knechtle, MPH, Allan Pickens, MD, Manu S. Sancheti, MD, Seth D. Force, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 102, Issue 3, Pages 940-947 (September 2016) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.03.024 Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Breakdown of total hospital costs. (Labs = laboratories; Misc = miscellaneous; OR = operating room; PACU = postoperative anesthesia care unit.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2016 102, 940-947DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.03.024) Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Breakdown of total operating room costs. (Anesth = anesthesia related; Dis/Retr = dissection and retraction instruments; Misc = miscellaneous.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2016 102, 940-947DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.03.024) Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Variability in (A) total hospital costs and (B) total operating room (OR) costs. (Equip = equipment; ICU = intensive care unit; Labs = laboratories; Misc = miscellaneous; PACU = postoperative anesthesia care unit; Prep = preparation; ◊ = mean.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2016 102, 940-947DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.03.024) Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions