Office-based vs. operating room-performed laryngopharyngeal surgery: a review of cost differences.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Office-based transnasal flexible endoscopic surgery under topical anesthesia has recently been developed as an alternative for transoral laryngopharyngeal surgery under general anesthesia. The aim of this study was to evaluate differences in health care costs between the two surgical settings.

Methods

PubMed, EMBASE and Cochrane Library were searched for studies reporting on costs of laryngopharyngeal procedures that could either be performed in the office or operating room (i.e., laser surgery, biopsies, vocal fold injection, or hypopharyngeal or esophageal dilation). Quality assessment of the included references was performed.

Results

Of 2953 identified studies, 13 were included. Quality assessment revealed that methodology differed significantly among the i

SUBMITTER: Schimberg AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6811667 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature