Edward Goacher, Stefan Yardanov, Richard Phillips, Alexandru Budu, Edward Dyson, Marcel Ivanov, Gary Barton, Mike Hutton, Adrian Gardner, Nasir A Quraishi, Gordan Grahovac, Josephine Jung, Andreas K Demetriades, Pierluigi Vergara, Erlick Pereira, Vasileios Arzoglou, Jibin Francis, Rikin Trivedi, Benjamin M Davies, Mark R N Kotter
PURPOSE: Degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) is the commonest cause of adult spinal cord dysfunction worldwide, for which surgery is the mainstay of treatment. At present, there is limited literature on the costs associated with the surgical management of DCM, and none from the United Kingdom (UK). This study aimed to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of DCM surgery within the National Health Service, UK. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Incidence of DCM was identified from the Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) database for a single year using five ICD-10 diagnostic codes to represent DCM...
April 26, 2024: British Journal of Neurosurgery