Comparative Cost-Effectiveness of Cranioplasty Implants.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The aim of this study was to compare operative duration and total hospital costs incurred for patients undergoing elective cranioplasty with a variety of materials, including manually shaped autogenous bone graft and titanium mesh, custom patient-specific titanium mesh, polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) acrylic, and polyetheretherketone (PEEK) implants.

Methods

A single-centre retrospective chart review was used. Patient demographics, defect characteristics, total operative time, and length of hospital stay were obtained. Total costs were sourced from Sunnybrook and standardized to the 2014 to 2015 year. Bivariate and age-controlled multivariate analyses were performed with (n = 119) and without (n = 101) outliers.

Results

When outliers were removed, an age-contr

SUBMITTER: Binhammer A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7016390 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature