Jonathan D Lester1, Jacob D Gorbaty2, Susan M Odum1, Mark E Rogers3, James E Fleischli1. 1. Sports Medicine Center, OrthoCarolina, Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.A. 2. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.A.. Electronic address: jacob.gorbaty@carolinashealthcare.org. 3. Alabama Ortho Spine & Sports, Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.A.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To compare the cost-effectiveness of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction with meniscal repair to ACL reconstruction with partial meniscectomy. METHODS: A decision-analytic Markov disease progression model with a 40-year horizon was created simulating outcomes after both meniscal repair and partial meniscectomy at the time of ACL reconstruction. Event probabilities, costs, and utilities were used for the index procedures. The development of osteoarthritis and subsequent knee replacement were either calculated or selected from published literature. Difference in cost, difference in quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs), and incremental cost-effective ratio were calculated to determine which index procedure is most cost-effective. RESULTS: There is total direct cost from ACL reconstruction with meniscus repair of $17,898 compared with that with partial meniscectomy of $24,768 (cost savings of $6,870). There was an estimated gain of 18.00 QALYs after ACL reconstruction with meniscus repair compared with 17.16 QALYs with partial meniscectomy (increase of 0.84 QALYs). In this scenario, meniscus repair is the dominant index procedure at the time of ACL reconstruction. CONCLUSIONS: Meniscal repair at the time of ACL reconstruction is more cost-effective than partial meniscectomy. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level IV, economic and decision analysis.
PURPOSE: To compare the cost-effectiveness of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction with meniscal repair to ACL reconstruction with partial meniscectomy. METHODS: A decision-analytic Markov disease progression model with a 40-year horizon was created simulating outcomes after both meniscal repair and partial meniscectomy at the time of ACL reconstruction. Event probabilities, costs, and utilities were used for the index procedures. The development of osteoarthritis and subsequent knee replacement were either calculated or selected from published literature. Difference in cost, difference in quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs), and incremental cost-effective ratio were calculated to determine which index procedure is most cost-effective. RESULTS: There is total direct cost from ACL reconstruction with meniscus repair of $17,898 compared with that with partial meniscectomy of $24,768 (cost savings of $6,870). There was an estimated gain of 18.00 QALYs after ACL reconstruction with meniscus repair compared with 17.16 QALYs with partial meniscectomy (increase of 0.84 QALYs). In this scenario, meniscus repair is the dominant index procedure at the time of ACL reconstruction. CONCLUSIONS: Meniscal repair at the time of ACL reconstruction is more cost-effective than partial meniscectomy. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level IV, economic and decision analysis.
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