Perioperative Medical Optimization of Symptomatic Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Is an Economically Justified Infection Prevention Strategy in Total Joint Arthroplasty.

Background: Abnormal voiding dynamics may be a modifiable risk factor for prosthetic joint infection (PJI) after total joint arthroplasty (TJA), but the cost-effectiveness of their optimization in the perioperative setting is unknown. Using a break-even analysis, we calculated the economic viability...

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Publicado en:Journal of Arthroplasty Vol. 36; no. 7; pp. 2551 - 2558
Autores principales: Moverman, Michael A., Bruha, Matthew J., Pagani, Nicholas R., Puzzitiello, Richard N., Menendez, Mariano E., Barnes, C. Lowry
Formato: research Journal Article
Publicado: Churchill Livingstone, Inc. Jul2021
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          Moverman, Michael A.
          Bruha, Matthew J.
          Pagani, Nicholas R.
          Puzzitiello, Richard N.
          Menendez, Mariano E.
          Barnes, C. Lowry
        affil: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tufts Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
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          Prostatic Hypertrophy Surgery
          Transurethral Resection of Prostate
          Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip
          Male
          Cost Benefit Analysis
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      ab: Background: Abnormal voiding dynamics may be a modifiable risk factor for prosthetic joint infection (PJI) after total joint arthroplasty (TJA), but the cost-effectiveness of their optimization in the perioperative setting is unknown. Using a break-even analysis, we calculated the economic viability of perioperative voiding optimization for infection prevention after TJA in patients with symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).Methods: A perioperative voiding optimization algorithm was created to represent a common approach to treating symptomatic BPH before TJA. Treatment is initiated with a 6-week trial of tamsulosin (pathway 1), followed by 6 months of combination tamsulosin/finasteride therapy (pathway 2) if symptoms persist. Patients with unremitting symptoms after medical management undergo surgical correction with transurethral resection of the prostate (pathway 3). Costs associated with each pathway were derived from the literature and institutional purchasing records. A break-even economic model was constructed to calculate the absolute risk reduction (ARR) in the infection rate and number needed to treat necessary for cost-effectiveness.Results: Pathway 1 was cost-effective if it prevented 1 infection of 113 (ARR = 0.883%) TKAs or 140 (ARR = 0.714%) THAs. Pathway 2 was cost-effective if it obviated infection in 1 of 69 TKAs (ARR = 1.445%) or 86 THAs (ARR = 1.169%). Pathway 3 was only deemed cost-effective assuming a cost of $400,000 to treat a PJI (number needed to treat = 71, ARR = 1.406%). Cost-effectiveness for pathways 1 and 2 was maintained with varying voiding optimization costs, infection rates, and PJI costs.Conclusion: Perioperative medical management of symptomatic BPH is an economically justified PJI prevention strategy, whereas surgical interventions appear to be financially substantiated only when considering the long-term societal costs of a PJI.
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