RESULTS:
A total of 19 patients submitted to LVIHR were compared with 18 submitted to
RVIHR. The amount spent on operation room time (RVIHR: 2,447.91±644.79;
LVIHR: 1,989.67±763.00; p=0.030), inhaled medical gases in operating room
(RVIHR: 270.57±211.51; LVIHR: 84.55±252.34; p=0.023), human resources in
operating room (RVIHR: 3,164.43±894.97; LVIHR: 2,120.16±663.78; p<0.001),
material resources (RVIHR: 3,204.32±351.55; LVIHR: 736.51±972.32;
p<0.001), and medications (RVIHR: 823.40±175.47; LVIHR: 288.50±352.55;
p<0.001) for RVIHR was higher than that for LVIHR, implying a higher
total cost to RVIHR (RVIHR: 14,712.24±3,520.82; LVIHR: 10,295.95±3,453.59;
p<0.001). No significant difference was noted in costs related to the
hospital stay, human resources in intensive care unit and ward, diagnostic
tests, and meshes.