Cost-reductive measures in laparoscopy: Tips and tricks for developing countries

Ahmed M. Mansour; Khurshid A. Guru; Ahmed A. Shokeir

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-52581-5_5

Cost-reductive measures in laparoscopy: Tips and tricks for developing countries

Ahmed M. Mansour, Khurshid A. Guru, Ahmed A. Shokeir

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Out of sheer economic necessity, several cost-effective measures have emerged around the developing world aimed at reducing the costs of laparoscopic procedures. Expensive disposable instrument usage is kept to a minimum, and ordinary materials at hand are modified to serve new purposes. By working around the limits and restrictions of the tools available in the operating room, the gifted surgeon can take the least expensive tool and perform a certain task better than others using expensive disposable instruments. This chapter reviews reported tips and tricks that will reduce the costs of consumables, and may help urologists in developing world bring minimally invasive surgery into their everyday practices.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Difficult Conditions in Laparoscopic Urologic Surgery
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Pages	47-55
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319525815
ISBN (Print)	9783319525808
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52581-5_5
State	Published - Jan 1 2018
Externally published	Yes

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