Economic Considerations on Avoiding Implant Removals after Fracture Fixation by Using Absorbable Devices

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 41-45

  Böstman, Ole ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Absorbable polymers; cost analysis; fracture fixation; hospital resource allocation

Indexed keywords

POLYGLYCOLIDE; POLYMER;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALLEOLUS FRACTURE; METAL IMPLANTATION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

EID: 84965511921     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: 16511905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/140349489402200107     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Health in Sweden. Year Book of Health Statistics 1981–1986. Stockholm: Statistics of Sweden, 1987.
2. Slätis P, Ruusinen A., Orthopedic diseases and trauma in Finland: Trends in consumption of health services 1970–1985. Acta Orthop Scand 1991; 62, Suppl 241: 13–16.
3. Rokkanen P, Böstman O, Vainionpää S et al. Biodegradable implants in fracture fixation: Early results of treatment of fractures of the ankle. Lancet 1985; I: 1422–1424.
4. Jahn R, Diederichs D, Friedrich B., Resorbierbare Implantate und ihre Anwendung am Beispiel der Radiusköpfchenfraktur. Aktuel Traumatol 1989; 19: 281–286.
5. Böstman OM., Absorbable implants for the fixation of fractures. J Bone Joint Surg (Am) 1991; 73: 148–153.
6. Hirvensalo E., Fracture fixation with biodegradable rods. Forty-one cases of severe ankle fractures. Acta Orthop Scand 1989; 60: 601–606.
7. Ruf W, Schult W, Buhl K., Die Stabilisierung von Malleolarfrakturen und Flakeverletzungen mit resorbierbaren Polyglykolid Stiften. Unfallchirurgie 1990; 16: 202–209.
8. Hope P.G., Williamson DM, Coates CJ, Cole WG., Biodegradable pin fixation of elbow joint fractures in children. A randomised trial. J Bone Joint Surg (Br) 1991; 73: 965–968.
9. Partio E.K., Böstman O, Hirvensalo E et al. Self-reinforced absorbable screws in the fixation of displaced ankle fractures: A prospective clinical study of 152 patients. J Orthop Trauma 1992; 6: 209–215.
10. Böstman O, Hirvensalo E, Mäkinen J, Rokkanen P., Foreign-body reactions to fracture fixation implants of biodegradable synthetic polymers. J Bone Joint Surg (Br) 1990; 72: 592–596.
11. Böstman OM., Intense granulomatous inflammatory lesions associated with absorbable internal fixation devices made of polyglycolide in ankle fractures. Clin Orthop 1992; 278: 193–199.
12. Fridén T, Rydholm U., Severe aseptic synovitis of the knee after biodegradable internal fixation. Acta Orthop Scand 1992; 63: 94–97.
13. Böstman O, Vainionpää S, Hirvensalo E et al. Biodegradable internal fixation for malleolar fractures. A prospective randomised trial. J Bone Joint Surg (Br) 1987; 69: 615–619.
14. Daly P.J., Fitzgerald RH, Melton LJ, Ilstrup DM., Epidemiology of ankle fractures in Rochester, Minnesota. Acta Orthop Scand 1987; 58: 539–544.
15. Böstman O, Partio E, Hirvensalo E, Rokkanen P., Foreign-body reactions to polyglycolide screws. Observations in 24/216 malleolar fracture cases. Acta Orthop Scand 1992; 63: 173–176.
16. Kolstad K, Wigren A., Costs of and need for resources in hospital care. A calculation model and applications in some typical cases in orthopaedic surgery. Scand J Soc Med 1981; 9: 11–18.
17. Lorentzon R, Persson O, Björnstig U., Utförsåknings-skador dyra för samhället. Tibiafraktur kostar 8200 kronor. (Downhill skiing causes losses for the community. A tibial shaft fracture costs 8200 SEK). Läkartidningen 1986; 83: 960–962.