The largest costs contributing to adolescent idiopathic scoliosis correction surgery are implants, intensive care unit and inpatient room costs, operating room time and bone grafts, according to an article published in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.
Researchers performed a retrospective review of more than 16,500 individual costs and charges for 125 consecutive patients treated by three different physicians to determine the highest charges for scoliosis correction. They found that implants were responsible for 29 percent of the charges, while the intensive care unit and inpatient room costs were 22 percent, operating room costs were 9.9 percent and bone grafts were 6 percent of the costs.
The significant independent predictors of increased total cost include the surgical approach used, the number of pedicle screws placed and the number of vertebral levels fused.
Read the abstract for the hospital cost analysis of adolescent scoliosis surgery.
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Researchers performed a retrospective review of more than 16,500 individual costs and charges for 125 consecutive patients treated by three different physicians to determine the highest charges for scoliosis correction. They found that implants were responsible for 29 percent of the charges, while the intensive care unit and inpatient room costs were 22 percent, operating room costs were 9.9 percent and bone grafts were 6 percent of the costs.
The significant independent predictors of increased total cost include the surgical approach used, the number of pedicle screws placed and the number of vertebral levels fused.
Read the abstract for the hospital cost analysis of adolescent scoliosis surgery.
Read other coverage on treatment for scoliosis:
- Ellipse Technologies Complete Positive Trials for MAGEC Remote Control for Childhood Scoliosis Treatment
- SCOLIOSCORE Predicts Chances of Spinal Curvature in Young Patients at North Carolina Clinic
- Minimally Invasive Decompression Revision Rates Higher for Scoliosis Patients