Cost-effectiveness of Replacing Skeletal Traction by Interlocked Intramedullary Nailing for Femoral Shaft Fractures in a Provincial Trauma Hospital in Cambodia

Overview

Journal Int Orthop

Specialty Orthopedics

Date 2009 May 14

PMID 19437019

Citations 26

Authors

Richard A Gosselin

Merja Heitto

Lew Zirkle

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Abstract

In this article the costs and effectiveness of introducing the SIGN nailing system for femoral shaft fractures in a provincial trauma hospital in Cambodia are compared to those of Perkin's traction treatment. At an average cost per patient of $1,107 in the traction group and $888 in the nail group (p < 0.01), and with better clinical outcomes in the nail group, internal fixation is more cost-effective than conservative treatment.

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