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Journal Article
Functional outcome and cost-effectiveness of outpatient vs inpatient care for complex hind-foot and ankle surgery. A retrospective cohort study
2016
Overview
To compare the postoperative functional outcome and the total cost associated with outpatient vs inpatient care following complex hind-foot and ankle surgery.
Retrospective, cohort study.
Tertiary care center.
Forty patients, American Society of Anesthesiologists 1-3, of either sex undergoing elective complex hind-foot and ankle surgery (fusion, osteotomy, or multiple ligament repair).
Both inpatients and outpatients received a continuous perineural infusion of local anesthetic for 48 hours at the core of a multimodal analgesic regimen. Patients were retrospectively identified, and an outpatient cohort was matched to an inpatient cohort in a 1:1 ratio for age, sex, baseline functional score, and type of surgery.
The primary outcome was functional outcome upon discharge of the surgical program as measured by the Lower Extremity Functional Score. Secondary outcomes were the incidence of surgical or anesthetic complications and the total perioperative cost of care.
Patients in both cohorts had similar functional outcome on discharge of the surgical program. Analgesia was effective in both groups, and no complications were reported. The cost of care for outpatients was 54% lower than that for inpatients.
This retrospective study suggests that outpatient care including an ambulatory perineural infusion of local anesthetic may be a cost-effective alternative to inpatient care after complex foot and ankle surgery.
•Retrospective matched cohort study of complex hind-foot or ankle surgery•A continuous sciatic nerve block for 2-3 days was the mainstay of analgesia.•Twenty outpatients were matched to 20 inpatients for age, sex, baseline LEFS, and type of surgery.•Both groups reached similar functional outcome.•Outpatient management was associated with a 54% reduction in total hospital costs.
Publisher
Elsevier Inc,Elsevier Limited
Subject
/ Ambulatory Surgical Procedures - economics
/ Anesthesia & Perioperative Care
/ Anesthetics, Local - administration & dosage
/ Ankle
/ Complex foot and ankle surgery
/ Female
/ Humans
/ Male
/ Nerve Block - adverse effects
/ Orthopedic Procedures - adverse effects
/ Orthopedic Procedures - economics
/ Pain
/ Patients
/ Perioperative Care - economics
/ Sciatic Nerve - drug effects
/ Surgery
