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                     Robotic vs.   open  P = 0.48  P = 0.94  P < 0.01  P = 0.93  -  -  P = 0.159  P = 0.184  P < 0.001  -  P = 0.058  P < 0.001  -
                     Robotic vs.   VATS  P > 0.99  P = 0.55  P = 0.44  P = 0.61  P = 0.003  P = 0.368  -  -  P < 0.001  -  P < 0.001  P < 0.001  -
                       Open  $18,075  $16,993  $8698  $120,811  -  -  -  -  $17,200  €5244  €1094  €1944  -  -  $15,036  $4301  $8368
                       VATS  $17,260  $16,415  $9491  $124,026  -  -  -  -  $17,802  €5132  €1443  €1427  -  -  $13,829  $4520  $399
                       Robotic  $17,223  $17,215  $9912  $119,180  -  -  -  -  $20,377  €6799  €1349  €920  €2062  €532  $17,011  $5243  $4380
                          Total direct costs, IPTW-adjusted (USD)
                    Cost
                       Description  Total indirect costs, IPTW-adjusted   OR costs (2012-2015)  Total charges Unadjusted costs, robotic vs. VATS:   23.3% higher Adjusted costs, robotic vs. VATS Unadjusted costs, robotic vs. open:   10.1% higher Adjusted cost, robotic vs. open  Index hospital cost (USD)  Total direct costs, mean (Euros) Operating room costs, mean  Hospital stay, mean  Robotic consumables  Depreciation  Overall cost (USD)  Operating room costs  Total “relat
                       Open  5.4*  5*        7*  6*       5.47  6 ‡ Study included two robotic segmentectomies and one open segmentectomy, not included in the n value. *When compared with robotic approach, the difference is statistically significant. VATS: video- OR costs and time were both higher in the robotic group when compared to either VATS or open group, but there was no significant difference for length of  stay. A population-based study by Subramanian et al. [1]
                    LOS (days)  VATS  3.8  4  5*  5*      4.75  4   assisted thoracoscopic surgery; LOS: length of stay; OR: operating room; USD: US dollar; IPTW: inverse probability of treatment weighting; n: number of robotic lobectomies
                       Robot  3.8  4         4   4        4.62  4
                 Table 2. Comparison by surgical approach (robotic, VATS, and open)
                       Open  265*  148*      -   112*     180*  223
                    OR time (min)  VATS  289*  173*  -  189*  202*  225
                       Robot  278  226       -   150      223  217
                       Open  240  424        8501  38     69  269
                       VATS  161  301            42       58  87
                    n                        4608
                       Robot  296  106       1929  21     57  12
                      First author/year   published  Kneuertz et al. [17]    2019  Nelson et al. [16]  2019     Subramanian et al. [1]    2019  Novellis et al. [14]    2018 ‡  Deen et al. [15]  2014  Park et al. [4]  2008  than open approach.  Profit
     	
