Comparison of Time and Cost Savings Using Different Cost Methodologies for Patient-Specific Instrumentation vs Standard Referencing in Total Ankle Arthroplasty

Background: Patient-specific 3-D printing cutting blocks (PSI) have been used instead of traditional intramedullary cutting guides. We hypothesized that PSI would lead to significantly decreased operating room (OR) time and significant cost savings to our institution with noninferior radiographic ou...

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Main Authors: Ian Savage-Elliott MD, Victor J. Wu MD, Isabella Wu MD, John Timothy Heffernan MD, Ramon Rodriguez MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2019-11-01
Series:Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2473011419884278