Comparison of costs in ankle fractures treated with absorbable or metallic fixation devices

被引：12
作者：
Juutilainen T. [1 ,2 ]
Pätiälä H. [1 ]
Ruuskanen M. [1 ]
Rokkanen P. [1 ]
机构：
[1] Department of Orthopaedics, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki
[2] FIN-02761 Espoo
来源：
Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery | 1997年 / 116卷 / 4期
关键词：
Public Health; Expense; Operative Treatment; Economic Cost; Fixation Device;
D O I：
10.1007/BF00393710
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摘要：
The economic costs of ankle fractures treated operatively with self-reinforced polyglycolide acid (SR-PGA) screws, with self-reinforced poly-L-lactide acid (SR-PLLA) screws or with metallic implants was determined. All patients were divided into three groups according to the fixation material used. Open and otherwise complicated fractures were excluded. The total expense of operations in each group was taken into account, The average total cost of an ankle fracture fixed with SR-PGA screws was £3503. In the SR-PLLA group it was £3906, and in the metallic group it was £4514. Total expenses were £1011 higher in the metallic group than in the SR-PGA group, and consequently, expenses in the metallic group were £608 higher than in the SR-PLLA group. According to this study, it seems that absorbable fixation devices are more economical than metallic implants in operative treatment of ankle fractures though as part of the differences in total expense in this series is due to the age of the patients and other dissimilarities between these groups, the results have to be interpreted carefully.
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