Assessing the adequacy of funding for robotic-surgery hospital stays: a focused cost analysis based on 1,722 procedures in a French university hospital.

J Robot Surg 20(1) April 3, 2026

Authors: Arthur Lacassagne, Solène Molle, Lionel Badet, Pierre-Adrien Bolze, Marc Colombel, Fréderic Hameury, Jean-Michel Maury, Arnaud Pasquer, Charles-André Philip, Alain Ruffion, François Tronc, André Lecoanet, Christell Julien, Xavier Armoiry

Affiliations

School of Pharmacy (ISPB), Pharmacy Department, University of Lyon, UMR CNRS 5510 MATEIS, "Edouard Herriot" Hospital, Lyon, France.
Direction de l'Ingénierie Biomédicale et de l'Equipement, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France.
Service d'urologie, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Chirurgie de la Transplantation, Lyon, France.
Service de Chirurgie Gynécologique, Oncologique et Obstétrique, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Lyon sud, Pierre-Bénite, France.
Service de Chirurgie Pédiatrique, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Femme-Mère Enfant, Bron, France.
Service de Chirurgie Thoracique, Transplantation Pulmonaire et Cardio Pulmonaire, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Louis Pradel, Bron, France.
Service de Chirurgie Viscérale, Digestive et Bariatrique, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France.
Service de Gynécologie-Obstétrique, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Femme-Mère Enfant, France, France.
Urology Department, Lyon Cancer Innovation Center (EA 3738 CICLY), Lyon Sud Medical School, Lyon Sud Hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon, University of Lyon 1, Lyon, France.
Département d'information médicale, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Pôle de santé Publique, Lyon, France.
School of Pharmacy (ISPB), Pharmacy Department, University of Lyon, UMR CNRS 5510 MATEIS, "Edouard Herriot" Hospital, Lyon, France.
Pharmacy Department, Edouard Herriot Hospital (Lyon University hospitals), 24 rue Trarieux, Lyon, 69003, France.

Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures, Universities