Cost of anterior versus posterior spinal instrumented fusion for thoracolumbar (Lenke V/VI) adolescent idiopathic scoliosis
While ASIF had significantly greater direct costs due to more postoperative ICU admissions and longer hospital LOS, exclusion of outliers resulted in similar average direct costs between approaches. ASIF saved one treated level on average. Number of implants, operating room services, ICU admissions and LOS are the principal drivers of cost.
Authors
- Monty Khela (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-4687-8588)
- Mohammad Diab
- Alekos A Theologis
Institutions
- Creighton University (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- University of San Francisco (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Spine Deformity
- Published
- 2026-01-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s43390-025-01272-z
- Primary Topic
- Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00