Abstract

JOSE DE JESUS, LOMELÍ RAMÍREZ. MICRODISCOIDECTOMÍA, VENTAJAS ECONÓMICAS. Arch. Neurocien. (Mex., D.F.) [online]. 2004, vol.9, n.1, pp.11-13. ISSN 1028-5938.

Objective: to show the economical advantages of microdiscectomy vs conventional standard discectomy clinical materials and methods; from april 2001 to august 2002, 6 patients underwent microdiscectomy and 12 patients standard discectomy. Results: 18 patients were included as a total in the present paper, there was a male predominance, the patients that underwent microdiscectomy were younger than the standard procedure. There was a reasonable economical saving in the total cost for the microsurgery group, including direct medical costs and indirect costs. Conclusions: this paper clearly shows that the microsurgery discectomy offers a reasonable economical saving not only for the patient but, for hospitals too. It requires less surgical materials, shorter hospital stay and a hortened interval before return to previous activity.

Keywords : microdiscectomy; microsurgery; standard discectomy; costs.