Journal article
An economic evaluation of early versus delayed operative treatment in patients with closed tibial shaft fractures
Abstract
Abstract. There are few reports examining the effect of surgical delay on outcomes following operative treatment of lower extremity fractures. Delays in the surgery for closed tibial shaft fractures have been reported to increase the overall complication rate, postoperative hospital stays and crude costs to the health care system. Our purpose was to estimate the cost-effectiveness and cost-utility associated with the adoption of a programme of …
Authors
Sprague S; Bhandari M
Journal
Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Vol. 122, No. 6, pp. 315–323
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
July 2002
DOI
10.1007/s00402-001-0358-3
ISSN
0936-8051