Clinical and economic comparative analysis of laparotomy versus laparoscopy in the first gastric bypass surgeries in a bariatric and metabolic surgery service in a city in southern Brazil
Abstract:Introduction: this paper aims to evaluate the main direct and indirect costs of the first laparotomies and laparoscopies in bariatric surgeries with a clinical-economical retrospective and cross-sectional analysis from 2017 to 2020 at a hospital with specialties besides the basic ones in southern Brazil. Methods: the study sample included 26 participants. The first 13 laparotomies, and the first 13 laparoscopies performed at the bariatric surgery service of the institution were evaluated. The values evaluat… Show more
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