Cost-effectiveness analysis of different anesthesia strategies for transperineal MRI/US fusion prostate biopsy
This study aims to conduct a cost-effectiveness analysis of three different anesthesia strategies, namely chatting while under local anesthesia (Chat-LA), total intravenous anesthesia (TIVA), and general anesthesia with laryngeal mask airway (GA-LMA), employed in transperineal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)/ultrasound (US) fusion prostate biopsy (TP-MUF-PB). A retrospective study was conducted involving 1202 patients who underwent TP-MUF-PB from June 2016 to April 2023 at The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University (Suzhou, China). Clinical data and outcomes, including total costs, complications, and quality-adjusted life years (QALYs), were compared. Probability sensitivity and subgroup analyses were also performed. Chat-LA was found to be the most cost-effective option, outperforming both TIVA and GA-LMA. However, subgroup analyses revealed that in younger patients (under 65 years old) and those with smaller prostate volumes (<40 ml), TIVA emerged as a more cost-effective strategy. While Chat-LA may generally be the most cost-effective and safer anesthesia method for TP-MUF-PB, personalization of anesthesia strategies is crucial, considering specific patient demographics such as age and prostate volume.PMID:38376191 | DOI:10.4103/aja202385
Source: Asian Journal of Andrology - Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Di Jin Xiao-Qi Kong Ya-Juan Zhu Zong-Xin Chen Xi-Ming Wang Cai-Hua Xu Jin-Xian Pu Jian-Quan Hou Yu-Hua Huang Fu-Hai Ji Chen Huang Source Type: research
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