Cost of treating sagittal synostosis in the first year of life

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 88-93

  Abbott, Megan M ^a,b,c   Rogers, Gary F ^a,b   Proctor, Mark R ^a,b   Busa, Kathleen ^b   Meara, John G ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost analysis; Cranial vault remodeling; Craniosynostosis; Endoscopic; Sagittal

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; COST; COST OF ILLNESS; CRANIAL SUTURE; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; CRANIOTOMY; DRUG THERAPY; ECONOMICS; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; ORTHOTICS; PHYSICIAN; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKULL; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABSENTEEISM; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COST OF ILLNESS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; CRANIAL SUTURES; CRANIOSYNOSTOSES; CRANIOTOMY; DIRECT SERVICE COSTS; DRUG THERAPY; ENDOSCOPY; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INFANT; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PARIETAL BONE; PHYSICIANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TRANSPORTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84858122823     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e318240f965     Document Type: Article

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