Clinical Study
Radiofrequency Ablation Compared to Surgery for the Treatment of Benign Thyroid Nodules
Table 3
Costs of RFA and surgery.
| | RFA | hEMItx | Short-stay |
| | Preprocedural costs | | Radiological visit | 25.30 | Surgical visit | 25.30 | Surgical visit | 25.30 | | Laboratory tests | 100.20 | Laboratory tests | 291.10 | Laboratory tests | 291.10 | | US | 41.70 | ECG | 14.40 | ECG | 14.40 | | Otolaryngological visit | 1.70 | Chest X-ray | 26.90 | Chest X-ray | 26.90 | | Anaesthesiological visit | 34.50 | Otolaryngological visit | 34.50 | Otolaryngological visit | 34.50 | | | | Anaesthesiological visit | 34.50 | Anaesthesiological visit | 34.50 | | Procedural costs | | (A) Equipment | | Needle | 1,240.70 | Operating theatre | 1,920.00 | Operating theatre | 1,980.00 | | US machine | 3.00 | Tools | 197.60 | Tools | 197.60 | | Drugs | 1.70 | Drugs | 664.00 | Drugs | 664.00 | | (B) Personnel | | Radiologist | 57.00 | Surgeon () | 202.60 | Surgeon () | 207.60 | | Nurse () | 45.50 | Theatre nurse | 41.50 | Theatre nurse | 42.50 | | Anaesthetist | 57.00 | Nurse () | 82.90 | Nurse () | 85.00 | | | | Anaesthetist | 101.30 | Nurse () | 103.80 | | (C) Hospitalization | | Hospital day | — | >24 hours hospital stay | 862.50 | <24 hours hospital stay | 375.00 | | Follow-up costs | | Laboratory tests | 11.50 | Laboratory tests | 22.70 | Laboratory tests | 22.70 | | US | 41.70 | Otolaryngological visit | 34.50 | Otolaryngological visit | 34.50 |
| | Total | €1661.50 | Total | €4556.30 | Total | €4139.40 |
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All costs are expressed in euro. ECG, electrocardiogram; hEMItx, hemithyroidectomy; RFA, radiofrequency ablation; US, ultrasonography.
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