Economic advantage of ‘self-made’ antibiotic-loaded spacer compared to prefabricated antibiotic-loaded spacer and spacer molds in two-staged revision arthroplasty
Acta Orthopaedica Belgica, ISSN: 0001-6462, Vol: 87, Issue: 3, Page: 557-562
2022
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Article Description
Infection after total hip or total knee arthroplasty is a serious complication implying great costs for the health care system. Amongst the different treatment options, the two-step exchange using a spacer in the interval is a valid option. We evaluate the economic impact of our self-made antibiotic-loaded hip and knee cement spacers compared with prefabricated spacers and spacer molds. Costs to prepare self-made cement spacers are detailed for each spacer type. We also assess the intraoperative time spent for fabricating our self-made hip and knee spacers. The price of these self-made knee spacer is 514 CHF (450 EUR / 505 USD) if non-articulated and 535 CHF (470 EUR / 525 USD) if articulated; the price for the self-made hip spacer is 749 CHF (760 EUR / 735 USD). Our average preparation time is 14 minutes for our self-made knee spacers and 16 minutes for our self-made hip spacers. While the senior surgeon is fabricating the self-spacers, another surgeon of the team continues intensive irrigation and debridement. Thus, no time is lost waiting for the self-spacer to be fabricated. In our hands, self-made hip and knee spacers are at least 40-50% cheaper than prefabricated spacers and spacer-molds. This is a serious economic advantage in this already expensive surgery. When done in teamwork, self-spacer fabrication does not increase the surgery time. The economic advantage is added to the main and most important advantage of self-made spacers, which remains the possibility of patient adapted anatomical reconstruction of the joint.
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http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85120656888&origin=inward; http://dx.doi.org/10.52628/87.3.24; http://www.actaorthopaedica.be/archive/volume-87/issue-3/original-studies/economic-advantage-of-self-made-antibiotic-loaded-spacer-compared-to-prefabricated-antibiotic-loaded/; https://dx.doi.org/10.52628/87.3.24
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