Wade Gofton1, David A Fitch2. 1. Ottawa Hospital - Civic Campus, J153-1053 Carling Ave., Ottawa, Ontario, K1Y4E9, Canada. 2. MicroPort Orthopedics Inc., 5677 Airline Rd., Arlington, TN, 38002, USA. david.fitch@ortho.microport.com.
Abstract
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to compare the in-hospital costs associated with the tissue-sparing supercapsular percutaneously-assisted total hip (SuperPath) and traditional Lateral surgical techniques for total hip replacement (THR). METHODS: Between April 2013 and January 2014, in-hospital costs were reviewed for all THRs performed using the SuperPath technique by a single surgeon and all THRs performed using the Lateral technique by another surgeon at the same institution. RESULTS: Overall, costs were 28.4% higher in the Lateral group. This was largely attributable to increased costs associated with transfusion (+92.5%), patient rooms (+60.4%), patient food (+62.8%), narcotics (+42.5%), physical therapy (+52.5%), occupational therapy (+88.6%), and social work (+92.9%). The only costs noticeably increased for SuperPath were for imaging (+105.9%), and this was because the SuperPath surgeon performed intraoperative radiographs on all patients while the Lateral surgeon did not. CONCLUSIONS: The use of the SuperPath technique resulted in in-hospital cost reductions of over 28%, suggesting that this tissue-sparing surgical technique can be cost-effective primarily by facilitating early mobilisation and patient discharge even during a surgeon's initial experience with the approach.
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to compare the in-hospital costs associated with the tissue-sparing supercapsular percutaneously-assisted total hip (SuperPath) and traditional Lateral surgical techniques for total hip replacement (THR). METHODS: Between April 2013 and January 2014, in-hospital costs were reviewed for all THRs performed using the SuperPath technique by a single surgeon and all THRs performed using the Lateral technique by another surgeon at the same institution. RESULTS: Overall, costs were 28.4% higher in the Lateral group. This was largely attributable to increased costs associated with transfusion (+92.5%), patient rooms (+60.4%), patient food (+62.8%), narcotics (+42.5%), physical therapy (+52.5%), occupational therapy (+88.6%), and social work (+92.9%). The only costs noticeably increased for SuperPath were for imaging (+105.9%), and this was because the SuperPath surgeon performed intraoperative radiographs on all patients while the Lateral surgeon did not. CONCLUSIONS: The use of the SuperPath technique resulted in in-hospital cost reductions of over 28%, suggesting that this tissue-sparing surgical technique can be cost-effective primarily by facilitating early mobilisation and patient discharge even during a surgeon's initial experience with the approach.
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Economic analysis; Lateral approach; SuperPath; Supercapsular percutaneously-assisted total hip; Tissue-sparing; Total hip replacement
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