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- A study compared the outcomes and costs of two treatments—endoluminal clipping and surgery—for iatrogenic colonic perforations, with both methods used following complications from colonoscopies.
- Both treatments had similar success rates, but patients treated with endoscopic clipping had slightly shorter hospital stays and significantly lower healthcare costs, with median costs of $115.10 for clipping versus $1479.50 for surgery.
- The findings suggest that endoluminal clipping could be a more cost-effective option for managing these types of perforations, but the differences in hospitalization length were not statistically significant.
Article Abstract
Objective: To compare the outcomes and costs of endoluminal clipping and surgery in the management of iatrogenic colonic perforation.
Methods: A retrospective, single-center, clinical and economic analysis of outcomes and costings between endoluminal clipping and surgery in consecutive cases of iatrogenic colonic perforations was conducted.
Results: In total, 7136 colonoscopies performed over a 6-year period were complicated by 12 (0.17%) perforations. Seven cases were treated by endoscopic clipping (with a success rate of 71.4%) and five with immediate surgery. Both groups of patients had similar clinical and individual characteristics. Patients who were treated with endoscopic clipping had a shorter period of hospitalization (median 9 vs 13 days) compared to surgery, but this was not statistically significant. Compared to patients who had immediate surgery, the median direct health-care costs for all procedures (US$ 115.10 vs US$ 1479.50, P = 0.012) and investigations (US$ 124.60 vs US$ 512.90, P = 0.048) during inpatient stay were lower for the endoscopic clipping group. There was a trend towards a lower overall inpatient median cost for patients managed with endoscopic clipping compared to surgery (US$ 1481.70 vs US$ 3281.90, P = 0.073).
Conclusion: Endoluminal clipping may be more cost-effective than surgery in the management of iatrogenic colonic perforations.
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