Skip to main content

Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 1 Model parameters used for the base case

From: Cost-effectiveness of cemented versus cementless total hip arthroplasty. A Markov decision analysis based on implant cost

Parameters

Cementless THA

Cemented THA

Revision hip arthroplasty

Literature-derived parameters

   

Infection (%)

0.044

0.044

–

Peri-operative death (%)

0.34

0.34

1.2

Utilities and postoperative tolls

0.92

0.92

0.80

Revision rate

1.6

1.4

NA

Costs

   

Common terminology code

81.51

81.51

81.53

Mean implant cost (€)

3206.44

1146.00

3249.75

  1. THA total hip arthroplsty, NA not applicable