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Study: No added benefit for hysterectomies with robotics

Originally published: February 19, 2013 8:25 PM
Updated: February 19, 2013 10:06 PM
By DELTHIA RICKS delthia.ricks@newsday.com

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Robotic surgery for routine hysterectomies provides no added benefit compared with another widely used procedure but costs more and increases the size of patients' hospital bills, researchers report Wednesday.

In the largest study of its kind, investigators at Columbia University Medical Center in Manhattan found robotically performed hysterectomies escalated hospital bills by more than $2,000.

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