Endoscopic third ventriculostomy has no higher costs than ventriculoperitoneal shunt.
Arq Neuropsiquiatr
; 72(7): 524-7, 2014 Jul.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-25054985
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the cost of endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) compared to ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS) in the treatment of hydrocephalus in children. METHOD: We studied 103 children with hydrocephalus, 52 of which were treated with ETV and 51 with VPS in a prospective cohort. Treatment costs were compared within the first year after surgery, including subsequent surgery or hospitalization. RESULTS: Twenty (38.4%) of the 52 children treated with VPS needed another procedure due to shunt failure, compared to 11 (21.5%) of 51 children in the ETV group. The average costs per patient in the group treated with ETV was USD$ 2,177,66±517.73 compared to USD$ 2,890.68±2,835.02 for the VPS group. CONCLUSIONS: In this series there was no significant difference in costs between the ETV and VPS groups.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Ventriculostomia
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Derivação Ventriculoperitoneal
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Terceiro Ventrículo
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Neuroendoscopia
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Hidrocefalia
Tipo de estudo:
Evaluation_studies
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Health_economic_evaluation
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Observational_studies
Limite:
Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Arq Neuropsiquiatr
Ano de publicação:
2014
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil
País de publicação:
Alemanha