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Image-guided sinus surgery: practical and financial experiences from a UK centre 2001–2009

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 October 2012

L Masterson ,
E Agalato  and
C Pearson
L Masterson*
Affiliation:
Department of ENT, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK
E Agalato
Affiliation:
Department of ENT, Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Dorchester, UK
C Pearson
Affiliation:
Institute of Naval Medicine, Portsmouth, UK
*
Address for correspondence: Mr L Masterson, Department of ENT, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Hills Rd, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK Fax: +44 (0)207 188 1369 E-mail: lmm398@doctors.org.uk
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Abstract

Background:

Image guidance surgery is an emerging technology that may allow more efficient treatment of sinus disease. This retrospective study examines National Health Service and military patients who underwent procedures using image guidance surgery during the period 2001–2009.

Methods:

Medical records were reviewed in terms of indications for surgery, incidence of major complications and need for revision following image guidance surgery. An attempt was also made to determine the cost-effectiveness of purchasing this navigational system.

Results:

A total of 132 patients underwent 147 procedures using image guidance surgery over the 8-year period. The indications for surgery ranged from severe nasal polyposis and chronic rhinosinusitis to malignant tumours in the paranasal sinus and skull base region. Average length of follow up was 17.6 months. Four patients had a major complication. Fourteen patients underwent revision surgery. The cost of providing an image guidance surgery service was estimated to be £110,000–120,000 during the study period. The economic model for the subgroup of nineteen military patients (with non-polypoid chronic rhinosinusitis) suggests that use of this technology will reduce overall costs by approximately £70,000 when compared with conventional sinus surgery.

Conclusion:

This study provides some evidence that image-guided sinus surgery is cost effective, safe and may decrease surgical revision rates.

Keywords

Paranasal SinusesComputer-Aided SurgeryEndoscopy

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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 126 , Issue 12 , December 2012 , pp. 1224 - 1230
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Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 2012

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