Defining indications for managing scoliosis using comparative outcomes and cost analysis.

View Statistics Email Alert RSS Feed

Grant Data
Project Title
Defining indications for managing scoliosis using comparative outcomes and cost analysis.
Principal Investigator
Dr Cheung, Jason Pui Yin   (Principal Investigator (PI))
Co-Investigator(s)
Dr Wong Carlos King Ho   (Co-Investigator)
Dr Samartzis Dino   (Co-Investigator)
Professor Lam Cindy Lo Kuen   (Co-Investigator)
Dr Fong Daniel Yee Tak   (Co-Investigator)
Duration
54
Start Date
2017-01-01
Amount
831585
Conference Title
Defining indications for managing scoliosis using comparative outcomes and cost analysis.
Presentation Title
Keywords
brace, cost-effectiveness, idiopathic scoliosis, spine, surgery
Discipline
Orthopaedics/Traumatology,Surgical Research
Panel
Biology and Medicine (M)
HKU Project Code
17156416
Grant Type
General Research Fund (GRF)
Funding Year
2016
Status
Completed
Objectives
1 To compare patient perceived outcomes, complications and healthcare cost of patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis treated by observation, bracing or surgery at long-term follow-up. 2 To define a threshold of curvature degree as an indication for surgery based on a mathematical model derived by clinical and radiological outcomes, and cost-effectiveness analysis.