Study Raises Doubts Over Robotic Surgery by Melinda Beck. The Wall Street Journal. February 19, 2013.
The study found that robotic hysterectomies cost one-third more than other minimally invasive surgery with little aded benefit. Laparoscopic hysterectomies, also a minimally invasive technique, costs less. The head of Intuitive Surgical, the maker of the the da Vinci robotic system, in effect questioned the premise of the study saying that da Vinci was not to compete with laparoscopy but was purposed to provide access to minimally invasive surgery to women for whom laparoscopic procedures do not work as well.
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