Dakin, H.A. orcid.org/0000-0003-3255-748X, Nguyen, T.T.A., Dritsaki, M. et al. (127 more authors) (2023) Cost-effectiveness of replacing versus discarding the nail in children with nail bed injury. British Journal of Surgery, 110 (9). pp. 1104-1107. ISSN 0007-1323
Abstract
Every year in the UK, around 10 000 children need to have operations to mend injuries to the bed of their fingernails. Currently, most children have their fingernail placed back on the injured nail bed after the operation. The NINJA trial found that children were slightly less likely to have an infection if the nail was thrown away rather than being put back, but the difference between groups was small and could have be due to chance. This study looked at whether replacing the nail is cost-effective compared with throwing it away. Using data from the NINJA trial, we compared costs, healthcare use, and quality of life and assessed the cost-effectiveness of replacing the nail. It was found that throwing the nail away after surgery would save the National Health Service (NHS) £75 (€85) per operation compared with placing the nail back on the nail bed. Changing clinical practice could save the NHS in England £720 000 (€819 000) per year.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of BJS Society Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Medicine (Leeds) > Leeds Institute of Medical Research (LIMR) > Division of Gastroenterology and Surgery |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 15 Dec 2023 16:24 |
Last Modified: | 16 May 2024 14:25 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
Identification Number: | 10.1093/bjs/znad086 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:206621 |