Davide Bartolomeo Gissi, Carlota Suàrez-Fernandez, Roberto Rossi, Francesco Vitali, Alice Marzi Manfroni, Andrea Gabusi, Luca Morandi, Tiziana Balbi, Lucio Montebugnoli, Maria Pia Foschini, Achille Tarsitano
The aim of this study was to retrospectively evaluate the direct costs of OSCC treatment and postsurgical surveillance in a tertiary hospital in northeast Italy. Sixty-three consecutive patients surgically treated for primitive OSCC at S. Orsola Hospital in Bologna (Italy) between January 2018 and January 2020 were analyzed. Billing records of the Emilia Romagna healthcare system and institutional costs were used to derive specific costs for the following clinical categories: operating theatre costs, intensive and ordinary hospitalization, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, postsurgical complications, visits, and examinations during the follow-up period...
March 13, 2024: Journal of Cranio-maxillo-facial Surgery