Cost-effectiveness and budget impact of cement augmentation for the fixation of unstable trochanteric fractures from a European perspective: Cost-effectiveness and budget impact of cement augmentation in Europe.

Introduction: Hip fractures have a high patient burden and mortality rate, particularly following revision surgery. Cement augmentation of cephalomedullary nails has been shown to lower the risk of cut-out, aiming to reduce the need and expense of revision surgeries. The aim of this study was to assess the economic impact of cement augmentation for the fixation of trochanteric hip fractures in fragile, elderly patients, across a range of European countries (UK, Spain, Italy, Germany, and France), from both a provider (hospital) and a payer perspective.

Budget Impact Analysis of Minimally Invasive versus Open Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion for Lumbar Degenerative Disease: A European Hospital Perspective.

Purpose: When traditional therapies fail to provide relief from debilitating lower back pain, surgeries such as transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) may be required. This budget impact analysis (BIA) compared minimally-invasive (MI)-TLIF versus open (O)-TLIF for single-level fusion from an Italian hospital perspective.

Methods: The BIA compared costs of 100 MI-TLIF and 100 O-TLIF procedures from an Italian hospital perspective over a one-year time horizon.

Improving perioperative management of surgical sets for trauma surgeries: the 4S approach.

Background: The perioperative management of the surgical instruments and implants that comprise sets for trauma surgeries has been identified as a complex and resource-intensive activity due to non-standardized inventories, redundant surgical instruments and unnecessary sterilization cycles. The 4S Intelligent Trauma Care program aims to improve perioperative management and thereby reduce environmental impact by utilizing standardized inventories, a sterile implant portfolio, a barcode that enables a digital safety certification, and a digitized restocking service.

Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate the impact of the introduction of the 4S program for the management of surgical sets in open reduction internal fixation (ORIF) trauma surgeries.

SpaceOAR Hydrogel Spacer for Reducing Radiation Toxicity During Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer. A Systematic Review.

Objective: To evaluate the association between SpaceOAR and radiation dosing, toxicity and quality-of-life vs no spacer across all radiotherapy modalities for prostate cancer.

Methods: A systematic search of the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, MEDLINE, and Embase was performed from database inception through May 2020. Two reviewers independently screened titles/abstracts and full papers.