A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of the Various Treatment Options for Distal Radius Fractures.

Autor:	Franovic S; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI., Pietroski AD; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI., Druskovich K; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI., Page B; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI., Burdick GB; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI., Fathima B; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI., McIntosh MJ; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI., King EA; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI., Muh SJ; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Journal of hand surgery global online [J Hand Surg Glob Online] 2022 Dec 28; Vol. 5 (2), pp. 169-177. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Dec 28 (Print Publication: 2023).
DOI:	10.1016/j.jhsg.2022.11.007
Abstrakt:	Purpose: To conduct a cost-effectiveness study of nonsurgical and surgical treatment options for distal radius fractures using distinct posttreatment outcome patterns. Methods: We created a decision tree to model the following treatment modalities for distal radius fractures: nonsurgical management, external fixation, percutaneous pinning, and plate fixation. Each node of the model was associated with specific costs in dollars, a utility adjustment (quality-adjusted life year [QALY]), and a percent likelihood. The nodes of the decision tree included uneventful healing, eventful healing and no further intervention, carpal tunnel syndrome, trigger finger, and tendon rupture as well as associated treatments for each event. The percent probabilities of each transition state, QALY values, and costs of intervention were gleaned from a systematic review. Rollback and incremental cost-effectiveness ratio analyses were conducted to identify optimal treatment strategies. Threshold values of $50,000/QALY and $100,000/QALY were used to distinguish the modalities in the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio analysis. Results: Both the rollback analysis and the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio analysis revealed nonsurgical management as the predominant strategy when compared with the other operative modalities. Nonsurgical management dominated external fixation and plate fixation, although it was comparable with percutaneous fixation, yielding a $2,242 lesser cost and 0.017 lesser effectiveness. Conclusions: The cost effectiveness of nonsurgical management is driven by its decreased cost to the health care system. Plate and external fixation have been shown to be both more expensive and less effective than other proposed treatments. Percutaneous pinning has demonstrated more favorable effectiveness in the literature than plate and external fixation and, thus, may be more cost effective in certain circumstances. Future studies may find value in investigating further clinical aspects of distal radius fractures and their association with nonsurgical management versus that with plate fixation. Type of Study/level of Evidence: Economic/decision analysis II. (© 2022 THE AUTHORS. Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of The American Society for Surgery of the Hand.)
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