Sonographically guided intrasheath percutaneous release of the first annular pulley for trigger digits, Part 2: Randomized comparative study of the economic impact of 3 surgical models

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 427-438

  Rojo Manaute, Jose Manuel ^a   Capa Grasa, Alberto ^b   Del Cerro Gutiérrez, Miguel ^a   Martínez, Manuel Villanueva ^a   Chana Rodríguez, Francisco ^a   Martín, Javier Vaquero ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adaptive design; Break even; Cost benefit; Economical; Efficiency; First annular pulley; Guided release; Income to cost ratio; Learning curve; Opportunity cost; Percutaneous release; Sonography; Trigger digit; Turnover analysis; Uneven randomization

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; EFFICIENCY; PULLEYS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURGERY; TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL); ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ADAPTIVE DESIGNS; BREAK-EVEN; COST BENEFITS; COST RATIO; ECONOMICAL; GUIDED RELEASE; LEARNING CURVES; OPPORTUNITY COSTS; PERCUTANEOUS RELEASE; TRIGGER DIGIT; TURNOVER ANALYSIS; UNEVEN RANDOMIZATION;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGGER FINGER;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGGER FINGER DISORDER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84857879963     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2012.31.3.427     Document Type: Article

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