Societal and economic impact of anterior cruciate ligament tears.

ABSTRACT:

Background

An anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear is a common knee injury, particularly among young and active individuals. Little is known, however, about the societal impacts of ACL tears, which could be large given the typical patient age and increased lifetime risk of knee osteoarthritis. This study evaluates the cost-effectiveness of ACL reconstruction compared with structured rehabilitation only.

Methods

A cost-utility analysis of ACL reconstruction compared with structured rehabilitation only was conducted with use of a Markov decision model over two time horizons: the short to intermediate term (six years), on the basis of Level-I evidence derived from the KANON Study and the Multicenter Orthopaedic Outcomes Network (MOON) database; and the lifetime, on the basis o

SUBMITTER: Mather RC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3779900 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature