… This study is limited by including only direct costs in the cost analysis. The true cost to
society of a patient who undergoes a spinal procedure must also include indirect costs such as …

… CEA/CUA analyses for minimally invasive spinal procedures to … analyses specifically on
minimally invasive spine surgery (… between MISS and open surgery in terms of costs, outcomes, …

… Such cost-effectiveness analysis are imperative to understand the problems and … Here we
apply a cost-effectiveness analysis on the application of robotic technology to spine surgery …

… There is great debate about the costs and benefits of … With most analyses using charge data,
the actual costs incurred by … costs between open and minimally invasive spine surgery (MIS) …

… from lumbar spine surgery is usually met at 1 year post surgery, allowing for the extrapolation
of the health related quality of life gains for our analysis of long term cost effectiveness [24], …

… most notably general or spinal anesthesia. Because data comparing the cost of these
anesthetic modalities in spine surgery are scarce, this study asks whether spinal anesthesia is less …

… We sought to perform a cost comparison analysis of spinal versus general anesthesia for
lumbar spine … elective lumbar spine surgery for spondylosis by a single surgeon, we found that …

… spine surgery. However, there is still no consensus on whether percutaneous osteosynthesis
(PO) or open surgery (OS) is more cost-… clinical results and hospitalization costs of OS and …

… initial cost such as spinal surgery—an extended time horizon allows “spreading out” of the
cost … of studies performed in the area of spinal care. A systematic review of CUA in orthopedic …

… Spinal surgery led to a statistically significant and clinically important improvement in HRQOL.
The cost … , for example, for hip replacement surgery or angioplasty treatment of coronary …