Use of resources and costs associated with the treatment of Dupuytren’s contracture at an orthopedics and traumatology surgery department in Denia (Spain): collagenase clostridium hystolyticum versus subtotal fasciectomy

Table 2 Unit costs (Euros) according to treatment type

Variable	CCH	FSC
Pre-operative		66.02
Anesthesia consultation		59.02
First OTS visit	56.03	56.03
Costs associated with surgery/treatment	748.51	904.05
2 Surgeons		229.34
1 Anesthetist		134.15
Non-staff personnel, field and circulating		180.62
Support personnel (assistants)		8.38
Specific surgical materials		327.47
Pharmacy		24,09
Mini-operating room (surgeon + nurse)*	22.21
Injection and dressing materials	1.30
Collagenase clostridium histolyticum (Xiapex®)	725
Hospitalization		267.48
Major ambulatory surgery (MAS)		121.32
Minor ambulatory surgery	77.28
Subsequent OTS visits (average, mean cost)	1.23; 51.68	1.98; 83.20
Hospital care (average, mean cost)	0.74; 19.02	2.00; 51.42
Rehabilitation (frequency, number of sessions, mean cost)		29%; 18.4; 473.83

OTS: Orthopedics and Traumatology Surgery, MAS: Major Ambulatory Surgery.
*Subjective cost of one working day of 6 hours for two consecutive days by one surgeon, resulting in €16.21 per patient. The same scale is applied to a single nurse present in the mini-operating room with a cost of €6.00 per patient without any assistants.

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