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CHEAPER IS BETTER
Percutaneous Nephrostolithotomy: An Assessment of Costs for Prone and
Galdakao Positioning
J Friedlander et al. Urology 2012
Overall cost
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modified Supine Valdivia
Prone PCNL $23,423 PCNL with GMSV $24,725
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Difference ranged from $1302 for stones ≤ 2 cm to $1367 for >2 cm
24,463
25,830
Lost office revenue due to second surgeon $1987
