The Cost-Effectiveness of Meniscal Repair Versus Partial Meniscectomy in the Setting of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

Arthroscopy : the Journal of Arthroscopic & Related Surgery : Official Publication of the Arthroscopy Association of North America and the International Arthroscopy Association
Jonathan D LesterJames E Fleischli

Abstract

To compare the cost-effectiveness of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction with meniscal repair to ACL reconstruction with partial meniscectomy. A decision-analytic Markov disease progression model with a 40-year horizon was created simulating outcomes after both meniscal repair and partial meniscectomy at the time of ACL reconstruction. Event probabilities, costs, and utilities were used for the index procedures. The development of osteoarthritis and subsequent knee replacement were either calculated or selected from published literature. Difference in cost, difference in quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs), and incremental cost-effective ratio were calculated to determine which index procedure is most cost-effective. There is total direct cost from ACL reconstruction with meniscus repair of $17,898 compared with that with partial meniscectomy of $24,768 (cost savings of $6,870). There was an estimated gain of 18.00 QALYs after ACL reconstruction with meniscus repair compared with 17.16 QALYs with partial meniscectomy (increase of 0.84 QALYs). In this scenario, meniscus repair is the dominant index procedure at the time of ACL reconstruction. Meniscal repair at the time of ACL reconstruction is more cost-effective th...Continue Reading

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