surgery durations, seeks to minimize operating costs while maximizing surgeons' preferences, thus offering a balanced solution … precisely determine the optimal sample size, defined as the number of scenarios used to model the uncertain surgery durations … surgery durations, for which a lognormal distribution was employed. This analysis enables stable results concerning the …

from clinicians for RARP and LRP. Average costs, costs per minute of surgery and costs per expenditure were compared …. Results The average estimated cost of surgery was 4683.35€ [95% CI=2900; 6467.2] more for RARP versus LRP in private clinics … hospital). The sensitivity analysis confirmed the extra cost for RARP versus LRP or OSRP. Conclusions Depending on the surgery …