Surgical Treatment Patterns, Healthcare Resource Utilization, and Economic Burden in Patients with Tenosynovial Giant Cell Tumor Who Underwent Joint Surgery in the United States.

ABSTRACT: Background: Tenosynovial giant cell tumors (TGCT) are rare and locally aggressive neoplasms in synovium, bursae, and tendon sheaths, which cause pain, joint dysfunction, and damage to the affected joints. Objective: To evaluate the surgical patterns and economic burden among patients with TGCT who underwent joint surgery in the United States. Methods: Patients newly diagnosed with TGCT, aged 18-64 years, who underwent joint surgery post-TGCT diagnosis were identified from the OptumHealth Care Solutions, Inc database (Q1/1999-Q1/2017). Patients were required to be continuously enrolled for ≥1 year before and ≥3 years after the first TGCT diagnosis (index date). Surgical patterns were assessed post-index. Healthcare resource utilization and associated healthcare costs, a

SUBMITTER: Lin F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8896882 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature