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

ABSTRACT:

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

SUBMITTER: Franovic S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10039314 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature